VMWare ESXI Ubuntu Server 20.04.03 with RTX3070

2023-05-14

Configure nVidia GTX CUDA with passtrough in VMWare vCenter on Ubuntu 22

TL;DR

Disable nouveau & enable unsuported GPU’s for open source drivers

sudo echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf  
sudo echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf  
sudo echo "options nvidia NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

sudo update-initramfs -u  
sudo reboot

Install the drivers

wget https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/525.89.02/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.89.02.run
sudo chmod u+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.89.02.run
sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install pkg-config libglvnd-dev
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.89.02.run  -m=kernel-open

Then reboot, and install cuda without the drivers

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.0-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.0-1_all.de
bsudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda-toolkit-12-0 nvidia-cuda-toolkit