I am attempting to install the NVidia drivers for a Grid K2 card to my esxhost.
ESX5.5
Running the following command with host in maintenance mode
# localcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /tmp/NVIDIA-VMware_ESXi_5.5_host_driver_340.32-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820.vib
I get the following error
[InstallationError]
The pending transaction requires 246mb free space, however the max supported size is 239MB.
Please refer to the log file for more details
Not sure where I am short space. I also tried installing it from a USB key and got the same error.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi,
Maximum capacity of VMware Bootbank is 250MB excluding the reserved space for state.tgz and other system files brings it down to 239MB , the total size of the image profile on your ESXi host is 243 MB which is greater than 239 MB.
Workaround is to lower the image size by removing the vibs that are not required depending upon the hardware not in use.
Please provide the output of the esxcli software vib list and list of hardware devices on the host.
I am the same user as bsimister above.
Here is a hardware summary:
The host is an IBM x240 Compute Node (Flex System)
It is configured with
- 2 x E5-2600 series processors
- 2 port Emulex 10GbE LOM
- 2 port Brocade 16Gb FC Mezz
- 256 GB RAM
- PCI Expansion Node
- Teredici Apex 2900 series
- nVidia Grid K2 or K1 (having the same issue with both hosts)
Here is the output of esxcli software vib list
Name Version Vendor Acceptance Level Install Date
----------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------- ---------------- ------------
brcm 550.2.5.11-000000 Broadcom VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
misc-cnic-register 1.78.75.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-bnx2 2.2.4f.v55.3-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-bnx2x 1.78.80.v55.3-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-cnic 1.78.76.v55.7-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-tg3 3.135b.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-bnx2fc 1.78.76.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-bnx2i 2.78.76.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
brcdprovider_esx55 3.2.4.0-0 Brocade VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
net-bna 3.2.4.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Brocade VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-bfa 3.2.4.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Brocade VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
elxnet 10.2.261.4-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Emulex VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
emulex-cim-provider 10.2.261.13-01OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Emulex VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
ima-be2iscsi 10.2.250.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Emulex VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
lpfc 10.2.261.7-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Emulex VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-be2iscsi 10.2.250.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Emulex VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
concretejob 550-3ACE22FUS IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
filetrans 550-3ACE22FUS IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
fupb 5.5-14B05A IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
fwupdate 550-3ACE22FUS IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
hwckvm 550-ESXI05ACN IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
ibmcustomization 4.1-2 IBM PartnerSupported 2014-07-29
ilfu 550-1.01.20131217 IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
immpassthru 550-3ACE22IUS IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
pciinfo 550-ESXI07ACN IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
soibms 550-ESXI05ACN IBM VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
ianet-cimprovider 3.0.0.6-1 Intel VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
net-igb 5.2.5-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Intel VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-ixgbe 3.19.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Intel VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
lsiprovider 500.04.V0.50-0006 LSI VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
scsi-megaraid-sas 6.603.55.00-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 LSI VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-mpt2sas 19.00.00.00.1vmw-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 LSI VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-mpt3sas 05.00.00.00.1vmw-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 LSI VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-mlx4-core 1.9.9.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Mellanox VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-mlx4-en 1.9.9.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Mellanox VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ima-qla4xxx 500.2.01.31-1vmw.0.3.100400 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-qlcnic 5.5.183-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-qlge 3.0.0.58-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
qlnativefc 1.1.14.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1198610 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
qlogic-cna-provider 1.5.7-1045108 QLogic VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
scsi-qla4xxx 634.55.28.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
dvfilter-dsa 9.0.0-995 Trend VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
ata-pata-amd 0.3.10-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-atiixp 0.4.6-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-cmd64x 0.2.5-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-hpt3x2n 0.3.4-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-pdc2027x 1.0-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-serverworks 0.4.3-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-sil680 0.4.8-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ata-pata-via 0.3.3-2vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
block-cciss 3.6.14-10vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ehci-ehci-hcd 1.0-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
epsec-mux 5.1.0-01255202 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
esx-base 5.5.0-1.28.1892794 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-27
esx-dvfilter-generic-fastpath 5.5.0-0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
esx-tboot 5.5.0-0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
esx-xlibs 5.5.0-0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
esx-xserver 5.5.0-0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ipmi-ipmi-devintf 39.1-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ipmi-ipmi-msghandler 39.1-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ipmi-ipmi-si-drv 39.1-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
lsi-mr3 0.255.03.01-2vmw.550.1.16.1746018 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-27
lsi-msgpt3 00.255.03.03-1vmw.550.1.15.1623387 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-27
misc-drivers 5.5.0-1.28.1892794 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-27
mtip32xx-native 3.3.4-1vmw.550.1.15.1623387 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-be2net 4.6.100.0v-1vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-e1000 8.0.3.1-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-e1000e 1.1.2-4vmw.550.1.15.1623387 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-enic 1.4.2.15a-1vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-forcedeth 0.61-2vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-nx-nic 5.0.621-1vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-vmxnet3 1.1.3.0-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ohci-usb-ohci 1.0-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
rste 2.0.2.0088-4vmw.550.1.15.1623387 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-ahci 3.0-18vmw.550.1.15.1623387 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-ata-piix 2.12-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-sata-nv 3.5-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-sata-promise 2.12-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-sata-sil24 1.1-1vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-sata-sil 2.3-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
sata-sata-svw 2.3-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-aacraid 1.1.5.1-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-adp94xx 1.0.8.12-6vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-aic79xx 3.1-5vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-fnic 1.5.0.4-1vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-hpsa 5.5.0-44vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-ips 7.12.05-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-lpfc820 8.2.3.1-129vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-megaraid-mbox 2.20.5.1-6vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-megaraid2 2.00.4-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-mptsas 4.23.01.00-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-mptspi 4.23.01.00-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-qla2xxx 902.k1.1-9vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
uhci-usb-uhci 1.0-3vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
vmware-fdm 5.5.0-1398495 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
tools-light 5.5.0-1.28.1892794 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-10-27
pcoip-ctrl 2.3-034302 teradici PartnerSupported 2014-07-29
tera2 2.3-034302 teradici PartnerSupported 2014-07-29
brcmfwup 550-3.00.20140204 vmware VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
Hi,
Considering you are not using any of Broadcom or Qlogic Hardware devices on the host it would be safe to uninstall the vibs
brcm 550.2.5.11-000000 Broadcom VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
misc-cnic-register 1.78.75.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-bnx2 2.2.4f.v55.3-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-bnx2x 1.78.80.v55.3-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-cnic 1.78.76.v55.7-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-tg3 3.135b.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-bnx2fc 1.78.76.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
scsi-bnx2i 2.78.76.v55.1-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 Broadcom VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
ima-qla4xxx 500.2.01.31-1vmw.0.3.100400 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-qlcnic 5.5.183-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
net-qlge 3.0.0.58-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
qlnativefc 1.1.14.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1198610 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
qlogic-cna-provider 1.5.7-1045108 QLogic VMwareAccepted 2014-07-29
scsi-qla4xxx 634.55.28.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 QLogic VMwareCertified 2014-07-29
The command to uninstall would be esxcli software vib uninstall -n <vib name>
We only removed the qlogic-cna-provider and were able to install the driver.
Thank you so much for your help. Your first post started us in the right direction.
Now on to configuring this GPU accordingly.
Great
Hello,
i had the same problem after upgrading from 5.0 to 5.5U3
i could not deploy ha agent.
This trick did it. Thanks
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