Instant Clones and vGPU's

[Douglas42Adams]

Hi ,

We have been using vGPU's for a long while now ( P4's - M60's - K2's ).

However we are NOW just heading into Instant Clone Territory.

Did i hear correctly that we have to use Dedicated IC's for vGPU's ?.. or are Floaters ok ?

We will be using Win 10 rev 1803 probably ( is 1810 being forced on us yet ? )

Anyone have any Advice for getting vGPU's working w/ Instant Clones ?.

Trying to figure out how the POOLS would be designed ?

One Pool Per Card Type Per Profile ?

We try to only have One Profile per Card.. makes life easier .

However we Do use M60's and P4's.

Granted the M60's and P4's DO use the dame driver i believe atm.

So in that case would I have one Pool per Q profile ?

So a new pool for users that have either a P4 or M60 but all have a 2q profile lets say ?

Users with a 4Q would require their own pool ?

Anyone know of Docs Specifically for getting Instant Clones to work with vGPU's ?

Thank you ,

[techguy129 · Accepted solution]

Hi ,

Did i hear correctly that we have to use Dedicated IC's for vGPU's ?.. or are Floaters ok ?

     Floaters are ok unless you use direct access.

We will be using Win 10 rev 1803 probably ( is 1810 being forced on us yet ? )

     1803 won't be an issue.

One Pool Per Card Type Per Profile ?

     You are correct. You specify a vGPU profile in the instant clone pool settings. It must match the vGPU profile that is on the master VM/Snapshot.

So in that case would I have one Pool per Q profile ?

     See above. One pool per card type per profile.

So a new pool for users that have either a P4 or M60 but all have a 2q profile lets say ?

     The profiles are different between the P4/ M60.

Users with a 4Q would require their own pool ?

     Different profiles will need their own pool.

Anyone know of Docs Specifically for getting Instant Clones to work with vGPU's ?

Links:

Setting vGPU.

Worksheet for Creating an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool in Horizon Console

Good Vmware session on instant clone with little info on vGPU

https://cms.vmworldonline.com/event_data/5/session_notes/ADV1594BU.pdf

VMworld On-Demand Video Library

[Douglas42Adams]

Thanks techguy129.

Appreciate your help !.

So it sounds like every different Profile of every M60 card.. along w/ every diff. profile of P4 cards all require their own pool and thus Image.

Luckily we generally only run One vram / profile per card type.. mostly 2 GB vram on each.

I would be curious how well AutoDESK works on App Layering..  Curious if one has to install that on the gold image ?..

Thanks for you help !