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Douglas42Adams
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Different types of vGPU's in One Cluster ?

Hi ,

We have been using vGPU's in Win 7 for a long time.. K2's.. M60's.. P4's.  they have been working great. ( K2's have now been deprecated sounds like . )

We now are using Instant Clones / UEM / App Stacks / Windows 10 .

We Were using Persistent Desktops ( ie Unidesk ) - OOh how i MISS THEE.

My question is :

Is it supported putting Multiple ESXi hosts in the Same CLuster.. With Different vGPU Cards . ( specifically P4 and M60's ) .

i.e.

Cluster 1 -

5 Esxi hosts.. ( 6.7 u3 )

2 hosts have P4's .

2 hosts have M60's .

1 just a normal user host .

This worked Well w/ Persistent Machines ( having them all in the same cluster )  . As you just lock down the desktop to the ESXi host that has the card the user needs .

Instant Clones create a slightly different set of issues.  As they recreate themselves every login .

Is the preferred method to :

- Create a new Cluster for every Card type basically ?..

So a P4 Cluster.. a M60 cluster.. and only put servers w/ those cards in there ?

This should allow easy vmotions between servers w/ the Same exact cards ?

im getting the impression this would create the least amount of headaches .

Anyone had this issue ?.. Just curious what others are doing .

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nburton935
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Yes, keep your clusters separated by GPU model. The profiles applied are specific to that GPU.

You cannot control which host the instant clones get provisioned on and DRS/vMotion would also cause issues.

Keep in mind that vMotion is not supported until vSphere 6.7u2 - it is an awesome feature for maintenance purposes.

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