NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Documentation v20.0-20.2

Learn how to use NVIDIA® RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS), NVIDIA Virtual PC, and NVIDIA Virtual Applications.

What’s New (PDF)

What’s new in NVIDIA vGPU software for all supported hypervisors.

Supported Products

An at-a-glance summary of supported hardware, hypervisor software versions, and guest operating system (OS) releases for this release of NVIDIA virtual GPU software.

Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Documentation for system administrators that provides minimal instructions for installing and configuring NVIDIA virtual GPU software.

Hypervisor Release Notes

Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on the following hypervisors:

• XenServer (PDF)

• Linux with KVM (PDF)

• Microsoft Azure Local (PDF)

• Microsoft Windows Server (PDF)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM (PDF)

• Ubuntu (PDF)

• VMware vSphere (PDF)

Nutanix AHV is supported on this release of NVIDIA vGPU software as a generic Linux with KVM hypervisor.

Known Issues

Known Issues (PDF)

Known issues for NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on all supported hypervisors.

Installation, Administration, and Management

Virtual GPU Software User Guide (PDF)

NVIDIA virtual GPU software enables multiple virtual machines (VMs) to have simultaneous, direct access to a single physical GPU, using the same NVIDIA graphics drivers that are deployed on non-virtualized operating systems.

Client Licensing User Guide (PDF)

NVIDIA® RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS), NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC), and NVIDIA Virtual Applications (vApps) are available as licensed products on NVIDIA GPUs. To enable the full features of the vGPU, configure the licensing for these products. vGPUs that require licensing run at a reduced capability until a license is acquired.

To configure licensing for these products, the NVIDIA License System must be configured with licenses obtained from the NVIDIA Licensing Portal.

Management SDK User Guide (PDF)

The NVIDIA virtual GPU software management SDK enables third party applications to monitor and control all NVIDIA physical GPUs and virtual GPUs that are running on virtualization hosts.

Refer to NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware Aria Operations Documentation to find the documentation for the release of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware Aria Operations that you are using.