Error when enabling EVC for a cluster: com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

When trying to enable EVC for a cluster, we get the following errors:

com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.supports3d com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.sm41 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.multisample4x com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.multisample2x 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.maxvolumeextent 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.maxtexturesize 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.maxtextureanisotropy 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.maxpointsize com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.logicops 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.linestipple 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.dxmaxconstantbuffers 
com.vmware.vim.vmfeature.svga*svga.basecapslevel See KB 1003212 for more information. Host is of type: 
vendor intel/Amd family 0x# model 0x##

Environment

• VMware vCenter 8.0.x
• VMware ESXi 8.0.x

Cause

tmp disk is full in one of the hosts in the cluster, and the vCenter is unable to create the svgaFeatures file in it.

vmkwarning.log

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ vmkwarning: cpu##: WARNING: VisorFSRam: ###: Cannot extend visorfs file /tmp/_dummyVmSvga_#####/svgaFeatures.vmx because its ramdisk (tmp) is full.

Resolution

• Verify the size of the tmp disk by using the command below in the affected ESXi host.

          # vdf -h

            Ramdisk                   Size      Used     Available  Use%  Mounted on

            tmp                       256M      256M     0B         100%  --

• Remove the files from the tmp disk to free up space.
• Restart the hostd service using the below command:

           /etc/init.d/hostd restart

• Then enable EVC for the cluster