PowerCli error when running command Get-PassthroughDevice when used with a VM with GPU

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

The VM #####  has a PCI Device 0 with NVIDIA GRID vGPU grid_v100d-2b.

You are getting an error for this VM and for all others with a GPU Device present:

 

Get-PassthroughDevice        Unable to cast object of type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualPCIPassthroughVmiopBackingInfo' to type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualPCIPassthroughDeviceBackingInfo'.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.x

VMware vCenter Server 7.x

PowerCLI 13.3

Cause

Incorrect command.

Command Get-PassthroughDevice is used for physical passthrough devices (directpath I/O)

Resolution

Please use the command below to list all VMs with their name and vGPU backing 

Get-VM | Select-Object Name,@{Name=”vGPU”;Expression={$_.ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.Device.Backing.vgpu}}