– VM is not able to communicate with the licence server : firewall issue, wrong port,… Telnet is your friend ? In the web interface of your nVIDIA licence server ( you should be able to see your virtual machines: Step 7 : Ensure that your VM is consuming license. Go into the nVIDIA control panel and configure your target licence server (default port is 7070) Ensure that your licence is correctly consume Step 6 : configure the licence server inside your VM.
Install the new driver and ensure to perform a fresh install by follow those steps : Tick the box “perform a fresh install”, sorry here my screenshot is in french Step 5 : Install the new driver inside your target VM or Template Perform a clean uninstall inside your VM trough the control panel Step 4 : Uninstall the driver inside your target VM or template
Update the vib to a datastore and then type the command :Įsxcli software vib install -v nameofthevib.vib I decided to for the “older” version 7.3 which have been updated several times. Remember that you’ll need an account with a valid licence.Īt the time i’m writing this post 9.0 version is really new, it seems that this version cause a lot of PSOD and BSOD. You can get all needed binaries on the nVIDIA Portal. When you now have a freshly updated ESXi, you’ll need to reinstall the nVIDIA driver. I will not explain all the task related to perform an upgrade of an ESXi, kid should be able to it with vSphere update manager. I used the Platform Specific Bootable ISO provided by DELL.
Identify the NVIDIA VIB name by running this command:Įsxcli software vib list | grep NVIDIA In my case the corret vib to remove is “NVIDI-vGPU-VMware_ESXi_”Įsxcli software vib remove -n NAMEOFNVIDIAVIB Removing the vib…īefore upgrading the ESXi version, i prefere to update all firmwares. Remove the NVIDIA VMkernel driver by running the command:
Stop the xorg service (used for 3D purposes) by running the command: This will ensure that no VM is running on the host. – Two servers within a dedicated vSphere clusterįirst things first : Put the host in maintenance mode. In my case, here few details about the infrastructure: Nothing is really complex but you need to follow the steps corretly otherwise you 3D applications will become unusable. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr : Usage / Cap | Memory - Usage | GPU - Util Compute M.
02 CUDA Version : N / A | |-+-+-+ | GPU Name Persistence - M | Bus - Id Disp. RECOMMENDED NVIDIA QUADRO Red Hat Enterprise Workstation drivers for virtualized guest OS (VM) in GPU pass-through mode (VMware vDGA. Enterprise Nucleus Server Quick Start Tips.Packages, Requirements, Planning, and Preparation.
Deploying the NVIDIA vGPU Software License Manager.Changing the Default Graphics Type in VMware vSphere.You can update your drivers by clicking Update Driver. Select Properties from the Display adapters menu by right-clicking the graphics card. Installing and Configuring NVIDIA vGPU Manager &0183 &32 The win button that occurs when ctrl and alt are pressed together is r.