The hostd service terminates after a GPU device failure due to missing graphics type

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

The hostd service terminates after a GPU device failure due to missing graphics type.

• The GPU device was failed.
• The graphics manager of the hostd service couldn't handle an unexpected graphics type from the failed GPU device.
  Then the hostd was crashed.
• As a result, ESXi hosts might disconnected from vCenter.

In the log, the host management agent hostd was crashed with follow backtrace.

--/var/run/log/hostd.log--
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> Panic: NOT_REACHED bora/vim/hostd/hostsvc/impl/GraphicsManager.cpp:717
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> Backtrace:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> backtrace[00] libvmacore.so[0x003BFDE2]: Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureFullWork(unsigned int)
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> backtrace[01] libvmacore.so[0x003D7487]: Vmacore::System::SystemFactory::CreateBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> backtrace[02] libvmacore.so[0x0051E4DD]
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Cr(162) Hostd[#######]: --> [backtrace end]

Environment

VMware ESXi 8.0

Resolution

This issue is resolved in the VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3h (Build 25067014)

Additional Information

VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3h Release Notes
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-80u3h-release-notes.html

Japanese version of this KB : https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/434149