In June 2022, NVIDIA announced the upcoming end of support (EOS) of the NVIDIA K80 GPU model. For Google Cloud, NVIDIA K80 GPUs will reach EOS on May 1, 2024.
What do I need to know
As of May 1, 2024, you won't be able to create or access any VMs that are running NVIDIA K80 GPUs.
How will this EOS impact my existing virtual machine (VM) instances
Until May 1, 2024, your VMs that are running NVIDIA K80 GPUs are not affected.
However, your projects might be at risk because you are running a GPU model that is approaching its EOS. EOS products or features are not supported by Google Cloud.
What do I need to do
- For VMs that have attached NVIDIA K80 GPUs, select another GPU model. We recommend the NVIDIA T4 GPUs.
- Make a note of the machine type that is supported for the selected GPU model.
- Review the available GPU regions and zones for that GPU model.
Complete one of the following:
- Move to a new VM.
- Modify the existing VM: This method is only supported if the new GPU model is available in the same zone, and uses the N1 general- purpose machine type.
Move to a new VM
You must move to a new VM if the new GPU model is not supported in the zone of the existing VM, or if you are switching to a GPU that runs on an accelerator-optimized machine type.
To move to a new VM, complete the following steps:
If your existing VM uses local SSD disks that contain data you want to keep, move the contents of those disks to a persistent disk.
Create a new VM and specify your new GPU model.
Move persistent disks from the old VM to the new VM. You can do this by detaching the persistent disk from the old VM and adding it to the new VM. You can alternatively transfer files from one VM to the other.