Hello, I have strange problem, all was good and worked well, but at one moment new vm dot start. When I try to check problem, after "nvidia-smi" command I have "NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver…". I try reinstall driver once and problem was solved, but at next day I have this problem again and reinstall driver dont help, what can it be ?
In Knowledge Base i dont find nothing what can help me.
I have ESXI 6.5 and TESLA M60
[root@localhost:~] dmesg | grep nvidia
2016-12-09T14:02:27.706Z cpu13:66686)Starting service nvidia-vgpu
2016-12-09T14:02:27.706Z cpu13:66686)Activating Jumpstart plugin nvidia-vgpu.
2016-12-09T14:02:27.908Z cpu13:66686)Jumpstart plugin nvidia-vgpu activated.
[root@localhost:~] nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
[root@localhost:~] dmesg | grep NVRM
I dont know how i can troubleshoot it correctly…
[root@localhost:/etc/init.d] esxcli hardware pci list -c 0x300 -m 0xff
0000:07:00.0
Address: 0000:07:00.0
Segment: 0x0000
Bus: 0x07
Slot: 0x00
Function: 0x0
VMkernel Name:
Vendor Name: ASPEED Technology, Inc.
Device Name: ASPEED Graphics Family
Configured Owner: Unknown
Current Owner: VMkernel
Vendor ID: 0x1a03
Device ID: 0x2000
SubVendor ID: 0x1043
SubDevice ID: 0x85f9
Device Class: 0x0300
Device Class Name: VGA compatible controller
Programming Interface: 0x00
Revision ID: 0x30
Interrupt Line: 0x05
IRQ: 255
Interrupt Vector: 0x00
PCI Pin: 0x00
Spawned Bus: 0x00
Flags: 0x3221
Module ID: -1
Module Name: None
Chassis: 0
Physical Slot: 4294967295
Slot Description:
Passthru Capable: true
Parent Device: PCI 0:6:0:0
Dependent Device: PCI 0:6:0:0
Reset Method: Bridge reset
FPT Sharable: true
0000:83:00.0
Address: 0000:83:00.0
Segment: 0x0000
Bus: 0x83
Slot: 0x00
Function: 0x0
VMkernel Name: vmgfx0
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Device Name: NVIDIATesla M60
Configured Owner: VM Passthru
Current Owner: VM Passthru
Vendor ID: 0x10de
Device ID: 0x13f2
SubVendor ID: 0x10de
SubDevice ID: 0x115e
Device Class: 0x0300
Device Class Name: VGA compatible controller
Programming Interface: 0x00
Revision ID: 0xa1
Interrupt Line: 0x05
IRQ: 255
Interrupt Vector: 0x00
PCI Pin: 0x00
Spawned Bus: 0x00
Flags: 0x3401
Module ID: 20
Module Name: pciPassthru
Chassis: 0
Physical Slot: 4294967295
Slot Description: Chassis slot 8; function 0; relative bdf 01:00.0
Passthru Capable: true
Parent Device: PCI 0:130:8:0
Dependent Device: PCI 0:131:0:0
Reset Method: Bridge reset
FPT Sharable: true
0000:84:00.0
Address: 0000:84:00.0
Segment: 0x0000
Bus: 0x84
Slot: 0x00
Function: 0x0
VMkernel Name: vmgfx1
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Device Name: NVIDIATesla M60
Configured Owner: VM Passthru
Current Owner: VM Passthru
Vendor ID: 0x10de
Device ID: 0x13f2
SubVendor ID: 0x10de
SubDevice ID: 0x115e
Device Class: 0x0300
Device Class Name: VGA compatible controller
Programming Interface: 0x00
Revision ID: 0xa1
Interrupt Line: 0x05
IRQ: 255
Interrupt Vector: 0x00
PCI Pin: 0x00
Spawned Bus: 0x00
Flags: 0x3401
Module ID: 20
Module Name: pciPassthru
Chassis: 0
Physical Slot: 4294967295
Slot Description: Chassis slot 8; function 0; relative bdf 02:00.0
Passthru Capable: true
Parent Device: PCI 0:130:16:0
Dependent Device: PCI 0:132:0:0
Reset Method: Bridge reset
FPT Sharable: true
How i can see active grafic card ?