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Ragavendra Dani
Ragavendra Dani

Reputation: 21

Unable to add GPU(approved quota) to a previously created VM instance on Google Compute Engine

I have set up an instance for my research project on GCP, with standard 8 vCPU cores. Upon adding GPUs during its creation I was asked to request quota to add GPUs. I went ahead and requested for GPU quota(status: approved.) I read up that GPUs could be added to an existing instance therefore I created a VM instance with the a standard 8 vCPU config. This was done to set up work-space as I was waiting for the GPU quota to be approved.

Now that the GPU quota is approved, I am trying to add GPU my instance. GPU quota successfully approved

I find that the "Add GPU" option is unhighlighted. "Add GPU" not available

The documentation says I cannot set up GPUs on shared core CPUs and that my instance needs to Terminate on host maintenance. I have made sure to match the criteria. Terminate VM instance on host maintenance

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong here?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 338

Answers (1)

Ragavendra Dani
Ragavendra Dani

Reputation: 21

Apparently, not all regions have GPUs for the Compute Engine API on GCP.

Available resources for regions and zones

Not all regions have access to the GPU resources. My instance was created in europe-west3 which does not have access to GPUs. To solve this issue I have to create an instance in one of the zones where GPUs are available. Moving the instance to a region with GPUs solved the problem.

Upvotes: 1

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