With vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and vSphere 7.0.3 or newer versions, a DRS Cluster Advanced Options override was added to provide Virtual Infrastructure Admins a way to OPT-IN to automated evacuation of vGPU Virtual Machines:
Option: VgpuMMAutomationTimeoutSecs
Value: -1
Manual Evacuation: vGPU Virtual Machine can be manually live migrated when asking host to enter maintenance mode.
Automatic Evacuation: vGPU Virtual Machine can be auto live migrated when asking host to enter maintenance and "VgpuMMAutomationTimeoutSecs" is set to -1.
DRS recommendation: DRS recommends a host that a vGPU Virtual Machine can migrate to.
When vCenter is 8.0U1a and higher version, ESXi Host in DRS cluster, with powered on vGPU Virtual Machines can be remediated using VUM/vLCM.
When DRS Cluster Advanced Option VgpuMMAutomationTimeoutSecs is set to -1, DRS recommends compatible hosts in the Cluster, and vGPU Virtual Machines are automatically migrated when host enters Maintenance Mode.
If VgpuMMAutomationTimeoutSecs is not set to -1, then DRS does not recommend compatible hosts in the Cluster, and only option user has is to manually evacuate Virtual Machines.
vGPU Virtual Machines evacuation to be done manually for vCenter release < 7.0U3f for upgrades
vGPU Virtual Machines evacuation could be done automatically for vCenter release > 7.0U3f on setting the attribute (VgpuMMAutomationTimeoutSecs)
vGPU Virtual Machines evacuation to be done automatically for vCenter 8.x release and recommendations to be passed to vLCM (vLCM Integration)
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vCenter 8.0U1 |
vCenter 8.0 | ||||
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Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation |
Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation | |
ESXi 8.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
ESXi 7.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
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vCenter 8.0 |
vCenter 8.0 | ||||
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Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation |
Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation | |
ESXi 8.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
ESXi 7.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
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vCenter 7.0U3f |
vCenter 7.0U3f | ||||
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Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation |
Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation | |
ESXi 7.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
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vCenter 7.0U3e |
vCenter 7.0U3e | ||||
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Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation |
Manual Evacuation |
Automatic Evacuation |
DRS Recommendation | |
ESXi 7.0.x |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
VUM: Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |