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Registering and Unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

By registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, you can download and manage NVIDIA GPU drivers from vSphere client. Unregister NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter when you no longer need to download and manage NVIDIA GPU drivers from the vSphere client.

Privileges Required for Registering and Unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

Registering and unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter requires the privileges for installing and managing extensions, configuring the vSphere Lifecycle Manager service, managing depots and remediation policies, and managing certificates on VMware vCenter.

Users with vCenter Server administrator privileges have all the privileges required for registering and unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter.

Users without full vCenter Server administrator privileges require the following vCenter Server privileges:

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When assigning a role created with these privileges to a user, ensure that the Propagate to children option is set.

Registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

Registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter creates a repository where downloaded NVIDIA GPU drivers are stored. After registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, you can download and manage NVIDIA GPU drivers from the vSphere client.

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An NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter virtual appliance can be registered with up to five vCenter Server instances.

  1. Log in to the virtual appliance for the NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter that you want to register.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click REGISTRATION.

  3. On the REGISTRATION page that opens, click REGISTER.

  4. In the Register NVIDIA GPU Manager window that opens, provide the details of the vCenter Server instance with which you are registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, and click REGISTER.

    1. In the vCenter Server text-entry field, type the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the vCenter Server host.

    2. In the Username text-entry field, type the username of the user that will log in to the vCenter Server host.

    3. In the Password text-entry field, type the password of the user that will log in to the vCenter Server host.

An entry for the vCenter Server instance with which NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter is registered is added to the REGISTRATION page.

Use the vSphere client to verify that NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter has been registered.

Verifying the Registration of NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

After registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, confirm that it is listed on the Client Plugins and Patch Setup pages of the vSphere client.

  1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the VMware vSphere Client.

    For additional information, refer to Log in to Your vCenter Server on the VMware Docs site.

  2. From the vSphere Client menu, choose Administration > Solutions > Client Plugins and confirm that NVIDIA GPU Manager appears in the Client Plugins table.

  3. From the vSphere Client menu, choose Lifecycle Manager, click the Settings tab, choose Administration > Patch Setup, and confirm that the NVIDIA GPU Manager drivers repository appears in the table.

After confirming the registration of NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, you can manage NVIDIA GPU drivers as explained in Managing NVIDIA GPU Drivers from the vSphere Client.

Unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

Unregister NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter when you no longer need to download and manage NVIDIA GPU drivers from the vSphere client. Unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter removes the URL to the repository where downloaded NVIDIA GPU drivers were stored. The driver repository, including any downloaded driver files it contains, remains unchanged and can be accessed again by re-registering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter.

  1. Log in to the virtual appliance for the NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter that you want to unregister.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click REGISTRATION.

  3. On the REGISTRATION page that opens, click UNREGISTER for the vCenter Server host from which you want to unregister NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter.

  4. In the Unregister NVIDIA GPU Manager window that opens, provide the credentials of the user that will log in to this vCenter Server host, and click UNREGISTER.

    1. In the Username text-entry field, type the username of the user that will log in to the vCenter Server host.

    2. In the Password text-entry field, type the password of the user that will log in to the vCenter Server host.

The entry for the vCenter Server instance from which NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter is unregistered is removed from the REGISTRATION page.

Use the vSphere client to verify that NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter has been unregistered.

Verifying the Unregistration of NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter#

After unregistering NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter, confirm that it is no longer listed on the Client Plugins and Patch Setup pages of the vSphere client.

  1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the VMware vSphere Client.

    For additional information, refer to Log in to Your vCenter Server on the VMware Docs site.

  2. From the vSphere Client menu, choose Administration > Solutions > Client Plugins and confirm that NVIDIA GPU Manager no longer appears in the Client Plugins table.

  3. From the vSphere Client menu, choose Lifecycle Manager, click the Settings tab, choose Administration > Patch Setup, and confirm that the NVIDIA GPU Manager drivers repository no longer appears in the table.

If the NVIDIA GPU Manager drivers repository still appears in the table, you must delete it manually as explained in Modify a Download Source on the VMware Docs site.