After upgrading ESXi hosts to ESXi600-201706001 Hardware 3D graphics functioning fails

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

After patching an ESXi 6.0.x host to the patch bulletin ESXi600-201706103-SG from ESXi600-201706001,you may notice following symptoms.
 

• VMs are no longer utilizing vSGA or vGPU resources properly.
   
• In Horizon View, an automated VMs which use GRID or Hardware 3D settings fail to boot.
   
• From an SSH session, the command /etc/init.d/xorg start shows:
  
  Error: Unknown command or namespace graphics host refresh
   

Cause

This issue is observed in ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi600-201706001.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in ESXi 6.0 U3 P06, available at VMware Patch Downloads. For more information on downloading patch, see How to download patches in Customer Connect (1021623).

To Workaround this issue.
 

1. Download the attached file 2150498_xorg-temp.zip from the below attachment.
    
2. Extract the file to a local temp directory.
    
3. Log in to the ESXi through SSH.
    
4. SCP the extracted file to the ESXi using WinSCP.
    
5. Place the file in /tmp folder.
    
6. Change the file mode of the existing xorg file:
   
   chmod +wt /etc/init.d/xorg
    
7. Rename the existing xorg file:
   
   mv /etc/init.d/xorg /etc/init.d/xorg_old
    
8. Place the new xorg file in the original location:
   
   cp /tmp/xorg_temp /etc/init.d/xorg
    
9. Change the file mode of the new file:
   
   chmod 555 /etc/init.d/xorg
    
10. Run the command to start xorg
    
    /etc/init.d/xorg start
     
11. Confirm that the status is running:
    
    /etc/init.d/xorg status
     

Note:Do not reboot the host at this point. If the host needs to be rebooted, perform the preceding steps once again.

Additional Information

ESXi ホスト を ESXi600-201706001 にアップデートするとハードウェア 3D グラフィックス機能が動作しなくなる
将 ESXi 主机升级到 ESXi600-201706001 后，硬件 3D 图形功能发生故障