topic Re: Do we need additional license from VMware to share GPU between Linux vms ? in VMware vSphere™ Discussions

Do we need additional license from VMware to share GPU between Linux vms ?

aschkan — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:57:37 GMT

Hi all,

Right now we use VMware vSphere 6 Standard. I want to know is it possible with the current license sharing GPU between Linux VMs? I have already a Quadro vDWS license from Nvidia.

Best Regards,

Ashkan

Re: Do we need additional license from VMware to share GPU between Linux vms ?

sjesse — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:36:54 GMT

You need enterpise, there are vmware resources, but this says it as well coming from nvidia

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4130/~/nvidia-vgpu-for-vsphere%2Fesxi-is-a-premium-vmware-licensed-feature

Re: Do we need additional license from VMware to share GPU between Linux vms ?

Raudi — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:54:44 GMT

But if you are using vDGA (PCI Passthrough) you don't need a enterprise license. But then you can't share a single GPU with more VM's. If you have only one VM per GPU and don't use vGPU, then a vDWS license is the correct license and you can use every ESX license...