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Figure 32. Editing Virtual Machine Properties for vSGA
Configure 3D Rendering Using VMware vSphere
When you configure vSGA and vDGA through the vSphere Web interface, you can choose from four 3D rendering
options:
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Automatic uses hardware acceleration if the host in which the virtual machine is running contains a capable
and available hardware GPU. If a hardware GPU is not available, the Automatic option uses software 3D
rendering for any 3D tasks. This option allows the virtual machine to be started on, or migrated to (through
vMotion), any host (vSphere 5.0 or later) and uses the best graphics solution available on that host.
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Software Only uses vSphere software 3D rendering, even if a hardware GPU is available on the host in
which the virtual machine is running. This option does not provide the performance benefits that hardware
3D acceleration offers. However, this configuration allows the virtual machine to run on any host (vSphere
5.0 or later) and allows you to block virtual machines from using a hardware GPU in a host.
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Hardware Only uses hardware-accelerated GPUs. If a hardware GPU is not present in a host, either the
virtual machine will not start or you will not be able to perform live vMotion migration of the virtual machine
to that host. As long as the host to which the virtual machine is being moved has a capable and available
hardware GPU, vMotion is possible with this option. You can use this option to help ensure that a virtual