Unable to start VMs in new Hosts - An emulator required to run this VM failed to start

Unable to start VMs in new Hosts - An emulator required to run this VM failed to start

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Article ID: CTX261068

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Description

Unable to start VM with vGPOU assigned on HOST with NVIDIA Card.

Getting error:

vm-start failed: "An emulator required to run this VM failed to start"


Internal LOG:

Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: demu_initialize: PLUGIN CONFIG: /usr/share/nvidia/vgx/grid_p40-1b.conf,gpu-pci-id=0000:d8:00.0
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: notice: pluginconfig: /usr/share/nvidia/vgx/grid_p40-1b.conf,gpu-pci-id=0000:d8:00.0
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: notice: Loading Plugin0: libnvidia-vgpu
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: notice: Successfully update the env symbols!
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: error: vmiop_log: Initialization: vGPU not supported with ECC Enabled.#012 error 0
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: error: vmiop_log: init_device_instance failed for inst 0 with error 1
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: error: vmiop_log: Initialization: init_device_instance failed error 1
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: error: vmiop_log: display_init failed for inst: 0
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: error: vmiope_process_configuration: plugin registration error
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: demu_initialize: vmiope_process_configuration failed with 1
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: __set_error: Demu is returing error vmiop
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: demu_teardown: <VMIOP_VGA_INITIALIZED
Dec  6 09:10:13 localhost vgpu-2[11384]: demu_deregister_memory_space: a0000 - bffff

Environment

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Resolution

Disable ECC Memory on host:

https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/latest/grid-vgpu-user-guide/index.html#disabling-ecc-memory

Problem Cause

ECC Memory not Supported

Additional Information

https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/latest/grid-vgpu-user-guide/index.html#disabling-ecc-memory