VMware Ubuntu NVIDIA GPU Setup
Budget: ₹600 – ₹1,500 INR
I need an Ubuntu 24.04 virtual machine running on VMware to pick up my NVIDIA card so I can run machine-learning workloads. The job is purely the installation and configuration of everything required for the guest OS to recognise and fully utilise the GPU (nvidia-smi must work).
Key points
• VMware host is already installed and stable; you decide whether PCI passthrough, vGPU or another VMware feature makes most sense.
• Inside the VM I will need the correct NVIDIA driver, CUDA toolkit and cuDNN ready for TensorFlow or PyTorch later on.
• Once complete I should be able to launch a quick test script that confirms the GPU is visible from within Ubuntu.
Deliverable
A step-by-step session (screenshare or detailed command log) that leaves the VM running and the GPU operational, plus any commands I can rerun if I ever have to rebuild the machine.
Key points
• VMware host is already installed and stable; you decide whether PCI passthrough, vGPU or another VMware feature makes most sense.
• Inside the VM I will need the correct NVIDIA driver, CUDA toolkit and cuDNN ready for TensorFlow or PyTorch later on.
• Once complete I should be able to launch a quick test script that confirms the GPU is visible from within Ubuntu.
Deliverable
A step-by-step session (screenshare or detailed command log) that leaves the VM running and the GPU operational, plus any commands I can rerun if I ever have to rebuild the machine.