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Release Notes#

These Release Notes summarize current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA vGPU software and associated hardware on VMware vSphere.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Driver Versions#

Each release in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software includes a specific version of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, NVIDIA Windows driver, and NVIDIA Linux driver.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Version

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager Version

NVIDIA Windows Driver Version

NVIDIA Linux Driver Version

19.6

580.178.05

582.78

580.178.04

19.5

580.159.01

582.53

580.159.03

19.4

580.126.08

582.16

580.126.09

19.3

580.105.06

581.80

580.105.08

19.2

580.95.02

581.42

580.95.05

19.1

580.82.02

581.15

580.82.07

19.0

580.65.05

580.88

580.65.06

For details of which VMware vSphere releases are supported, see Hypervisor Software Releases.

Compatibility Requirements for the NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver#

The releases of the NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM drivers that you install must be compatible. If you install an incompatible guest VM driver release for the release of the vGPU Manager that you are using, the NVIDIA vGPU fails to load.

See VM running an incompatible NVIDIA vGPU guest driver fails to initialize vGPU when booted.

Note

You must use NVIDIA License System with every release in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software. All releases in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software are incompatible with all releases of the NVIDIA vGPU software license server.

Compatible NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver Releases#

The following combinations of NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM driver releases are compatible with each other.

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager with guest VM drivers from the same release

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager with guest VM drivers from different releases within the same major release branch

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later major release branch with guest VM drivers from the previous branch

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later long-term support branch with guest VM drivers from the previous long-term support branch

Note

When NVIDIA vGPU Manager is used with guest VM drivers from a different release within the same branch or from the previous branch, the combination supports only the features, hardware, and software (including guest OSes) that are supported on both releases.

For example, if vGPU Manager from release 19.6 is used with guest drivers from release 16.4, the combination does not support Windows Server 2019 because NVIDIA vGPU software release 19.6 does not support Windows Server 2019.

The following table lists the specific software releases that are compatible with the components in the NVIDIA vGPU software 19 major release branch.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Component

Releases

Compatible Software Releases

NVIDIA vGPU Manager

19.0 through 19.6

  • Guest VM driver releases 19.0 through 19.6

  • All guest VM driver 18.<x> releases

  • All guest VM driver 16.<x> releases

Guest VM drivers

19.0 through 19.6

NVIDIA vGPU Manager releases 19.0 through 19.6

Incompatible NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver Releases#

The following combinations of NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM driver releases are incompatible with each other.

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later major release branch with guest VM drivers from a production branch two or more major releases before the release of the vGPU Manager

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from an earlier major release branch with guest VM drivers from a later branch

The following table lists the specific software releases that are incompatible with the components in the NVIDIA vGPU software 19 major release branch.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Component

Releases

Incompatible Software Releases

NVIDIA vGPU Manager

19.0 through 19.6

All guest VM driver releases 17.<x> and earlier, except 16.<x> releases

Guest VM drivers

19.0 through 19.6

All NVIDIA vGPU Manager releases 18.<x> and earlier

Updates in Release 19.6#

New Features in Release 19.6#

  • Security updates

    When these updates are disclosed, full details are provided in a new public NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletin, which is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page. To be notified of the availability of this and future bulletins, use the link on the NVIDIA Product Security page to subscribe to receive email notifications of security bulletin updates.

  • Support for multiple MIG-backed vGPUs on the same physical GPU

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.6

Hardware and Software Support Introduced in Release 19.6#

  • Newly supported guest OS releases:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8

    • Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Updates in Release 19.5#

New Features in Release 19.5#

  • Security updates

    When these updates are disclosed, full details are provided in a new public NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletin, which is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page. To be notified of the availability of this and future bulletins, use the link on the NVIDIA Product Security page to subscribe to receive email notifications of security bulletin updates.

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.5

Hardware and Software Support Introduced in Release 19.5#

  • Newly supported guest OS releases:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

      Note

      Because NVIDIA vGPU software does not support the Wayland display server protocol, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 is supported only in console and command-line interface (CLI) mode.

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6

  • Newly supported remoting solutions:

    • Omnissa Horizon 8 2603

Feature Support Withdrawn in Release 19.5#

  • Guest OS releases no longer supported:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2

Updates in Release 19.4#

New Features in Release 19.4#

  • Security updates

    When these updates are disclosed, full details are provided in a new public NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletin, which is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page. To be notified of the availability of this and future bulletins, use the link on the NVIDIA Product Security page to subscribe to receive email notifications of security bulletin updates.

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.4

Hardware and Software Support Introduced in Release 19.4#

  • Newly supported guest OS releases:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7

    • Windows 11 25H2

  • Newly supported remoting solutions:

    • Omnissa Horizon 8 2512

Updates in Release 19.3#

New Features in Release 19.3#

Updates in Release 19.2#

Note

Starting with NVIDIA vGPU software 19.2, support for NVIDIA vGPU software on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 requires VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0u3 P06 and later updates to release 8.0 unless explicitly stated otherwise. Earlier VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 builds are not supported.

New Features in Release 19.2#

  • Security updates

    For the latest NVIDIA vulnerability disclosure information, visit the NVIDIA Product Security page. Security updates for NVIDIA vGPU software are described in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletins.

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.2

Hardware and Software Support Introduced in Release 19.2#

  • Newly supported graphics cards:

    • NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition on VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor 9.0.1.0

Updates in Release 19.1#

New Features in Release 19.1#

  • New B-series vGPU profiles with 3 GB of frame buffer on supported GPUs based on the NVIDIA Ampere GPU architectures

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.1

Hardware and Software Support Introduced in Release 19.1#

  • Newly supported remoting solutions:

    • Omnissa Horizon 8 2506

Updates in Release 19.0#

New Features in Release 19.0#

  • Support for Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)-backed vGPUs for graphics on GPUs that support MIG

  • New B-series vGPU profiles with 3 GB of frame buffer on supported GPUs based on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace and NVIDIA Blackwell GPU architectures

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 19.0

Newly Supported Hardware and Software in Release 19.0#

  • Newly supported graphics cards:

    • NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition

Features Deprecated in Release 19.0#

NVIDIA vGPU software 19 is the last release branch to support the following graphics cards:

  • Tesla M10

  • Tesla V100 SXM2

  • Tesla V100 SXM2 32GB

  • Tesla V100 PCIe

  • Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB

  • Tesla V100S PCIe 32GB

  • Tesla V100 FHHL

  • Quadro RTX 6000

  • Quadro RTX 6000 passive

  • Quadro RTX 8000

  • Quadro RTX 8000 passive

Disabling strict round robin policy is deprecated and NVIDIA vGPU software 19 is the last release branch to support it. Support for this feature is planned to be removed in the next major release of NVIDIA vGPU software.