Powering on the virtual machine fails with the error: Invalid memory setting for FPT: memory reservation (sched.mem.min) should be equal to memsize(xxxx)
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Article ID: 340276
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VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
Cannot power on the virtual machine
Virtual machine with a FPT (Full Passthrough) device fails to power on
Powering on the virtual machine fails
You see the error:
Module MemSched power on failed. Error while parsing scheduler specific config parameters. Invalid memory setting for FPT: memory reservation (sched.mem.min) should be equal to memsize(xxxx)
This issue occurs if the virtual machine has one or more FPT (Full Passthrough) devices and if you have not configured the memory reservation or the reserved memory is not equal to the configured memory.
Resolution
To resolve this issue:
Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit settings.
Click the Resources tab.
Select Memory and increase the reservation amount to its configured memory size.
Click OK.
Power on the virtual machine.
For more information on changing memory reservations, see the Allocate Memory Resources in the vSphere Web Client section in the the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide.