Resolve doesn't see cuda cores on VMWare Horizon View

Hi,

I've installed the latest version of Resolve, and I'm presented with

DaVinci Resolve could not find any CUDA capable GPUs. Would you like to review and update your DaVinci Resolve Hardware Configuration?

However, when I go through the logs... it does see my GRID cards.. but then it doesn't... so i'm little lost here..

any help would be appreciated... I've bolded out the sections where it sees the cards and then when it doesn't to make it easier to find

[0x000003ec] | Undefined | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:51,574 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0x000003ec] | Undefined | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:51,574 | Loaded log config from C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Preferences\log-conf.xml
[0x000003ec] | Undefined | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:51,574 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:51,579 | Running DaVinci Resolve v15.3.0.008 (Windows/MSVC)
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,673 | Updating display GPU information...
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,679 | Found correct name from registry for device : VMware SVGA 3D, provider VMware, Inc.
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,680 | Found CUDA Device: VMware, Inc. VMware SVGA 3D
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,680 | GPU VMware, Inc. VMware SVGA 3D is used for display
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,680 | Found correct name from registry for device : GRID M60-2Q, provider NVIDIA
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,680 | Found CUDA Device: NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,681 | GPU NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q is used for display
[0x000003ec] | Main | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,681 | Can't find correct name and provider from registry for device
[0x000003ec] | Main | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,681 | Can't find correct name and provider from registry for device
[0x000003ec] | Main | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,682 | Can't find correct name and provider from registry for device
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,682 | GPUs detected: 0 integrated, 2 discrete. Force disabling graphics interop.
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,682 | Detected uptime 117s
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,682 | GPU Name = 'VMware, Inc. VMware SVGA 3D', Main display = 1
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,682 | GPU Name = 'NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q', Main display = 1
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,749 | Only 1 NVIDIA display GPU found. Using CUDA for processing.
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,749 | Not GLmap capable. GPUs: 1 discrete, 0 integrated, 0 external. Auto mapping, CUDA processing, main display not on external GPU.
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,750 | Setting LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 1
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,750 | Setting LsManager.3.DisplayGPUName = VMware, Inc. VMware SVGA 3D
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,750 | Setting LsManager.3.DisplayGPUIndex = 0
[0x000003ec] | IO | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,750 | RED InitializeSdk with library path at C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Libraries
[0x000003ec] | IO | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,824 | R3DAPI 7.1.0-3YM06 (20180720 W64S) R3DSDK 7.1.0-3YM06 (20180720 W64D) RED CUDA 7.1.0-45494 (20180721) RED OPENCL 7.1.0-45494 (20180721) [C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Libraries\] init is successful
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,827 | 0 RED rocket cards available
[0x000003ec] | SyManager.DeckLink | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,837 | Failed to create instance.
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,838 | Decklink model name: '', version: ''
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:52,838 | Resolve Module Handle 000000013F130000
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:53,337 | Installed custom font: Open Sans
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:53,343 | Installed custom font: Open Sans Semibold
[0x000003ec] | Main | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:53,391 | Finished loading Application style sheet
[0x000016c0] | LeManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:53,579 | 521, 38
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,872 | Memory config: reserved=4055M pinned=3041M log=0
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,872 | Using default pooled memory manager
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,881 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,902 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,914 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,925 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,939 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,954 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,972 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:54,987 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DPDecoder.exe
[0x000003ec] | Fusion | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,268 | Fusion Build: r063752-ed5626a (Feb 7 2019 12:41:43)
[0x000003ec] | SyManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,749 | Total: 20, NumDtThreads: 8, NumComms: 0, NumSites: 1

[0x000003ec] | SyManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,749 | Lookaheads -> playback = 20, record = 20, stop = 2

[0x00001c98] | GsManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Gs Processor Thread ----- (285243744)

[0x000003ec] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Using 8 generic IO threads
[0x000003ec] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Total of 16 IO threads (including 8 generic and 8 Red decode threads)
[0x00001cac] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Dt Data Handler Thread Started
[0x00001cb0] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cb8] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,750 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cbc] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001ce0] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cb4] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cc4] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cc8] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001ccc] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cd0] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,751 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cd4] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cd8] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cdc] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x000003ec] | DbCommon2 | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Loading dblist file: C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Preferences\dblist.conf
[0x00001cc0] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001ce4] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001ce8] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cec] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001cf0] | DtManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,752 | Dt Worker Thread Started
[0x00001d14] | GPUManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,753 | Let There Be CUDA Light!
[0x00001d14] | GPUManager | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,753 | Failed to query board count: no CUDA-capable device is detected
[0x00001d14] | GPUManager | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,754 | CRITICAL_PREF: DaVinci Resolve could not find any CUDA capable GPUs. Would you like to review and update your DaVinci Resolve Hardware Configuration? ||Please ensure that appropriate GPU and CUDA drivers are installed and your DaVinci Resolve hardware is configured appropriately.
[0x00001d14] | IP | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,754 | Failed to initialize CUDA boards
[0x000003ec] | IO | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,860 | Using DNxHR library v2.3.8.47r
[0x000003ec] | DVIP | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:55,878 | DVIP Version : 2.0.0, Revision = 82430 (Release)
[0x00001c8c] | SyManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:56,754 | socket failed to connect to server, error: 10061

[0x00001c8c] | SyManager | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:21:56,754 | DRIVER: panel connection failed
[0x000003ec] | Fairlight | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:57,312 | 00.00.01.270(000): Running Fairlight (r010511-2d8a4fc)
[0x000003ec] | UI.GLContext | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:57,342 | Creating shared OpenGL context for this thread (2 total).
[0x000003ec] | UI.GLContext | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:57,372 | Initialized OpenGL 4.6 (requested 2.0) on device 'NVIDIA Corporation Quadro FX GRID M60-2Q/PCI/SSE2'
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:57,634 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x00001c8c] | SyManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:57,755 | socket failed to connect to server, error: 10061

[0x00001e9c] | BtCommon | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:58,869 | Starting Daemon: C:/Program Files/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/DaVinciPanelDaemon.exe
[0x000003ec] | DbCommon2 | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:58,891 | Sm2SysIdEntry is not supported in disk database (xml) mode
[0x00001c8c] | SyManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:21:59,255 | Connection to the panel server has been re-established
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:59,496 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:59,501 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:59,983 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:21:59,988 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:00,127 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:00,133 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:03,546 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:03,550 | Failed to load media metadata preset list or the list is empty.
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:03,652 | Action Connector is not activated yet, no need to rebind
[0x000003ec] | UI | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:03,748 | Not creating special GL widget for screen 0
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionDolbyVisionAnalyzeAllShots] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionDolbyVisionAnalyzeSelectedShots] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionDolbyVisionAnalyzeSelectedAndGroup] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionDolbyVisionAnalyzeCurrentFrame] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionHDR10PlusAnalyzeAllShots] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionHDR10PlusAnalyzeSelectedShots] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionHDR10PlusAnalyzeSelectedAndGroup] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI.ActionManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:04,178 | Action [sessionHDR10PlusAnalyzeCurrentFrame] is not a valid global action
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,328 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_menu1_triggered(bool)] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_menu2_triggered()] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_menu3_triggered()] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_sub5_menu1_triggered()] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_menu7_triggered()] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,585 | Plugged In Action [fusion_menu10_triggered()] is owned by [0000000048BB7C60]
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,586 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'fairlightActions9pinSettings'
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,586 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'fairlightActionsTalkbackSettings'
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,586 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'fairlightActionsIOSettings'
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,586 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'markSetRangeTypeUnion'
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,587 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'markSetRangeTypeIntersecting'
[0x000003ec] | UI.MenuBar | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,587 | Missing ActionDefinition for 'fairlightImportFairlightProject'
[0x000003ec] | GPUManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,713 | Start detecting OpenCL boards
[0x000003ec] | GPUManager | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,713 | There is no OpenCL platform
[0x000003ec] | GPUManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,713 | 0 OpenCL boards detected
[0x000003ec] | IO | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,721 | RED rocket decode has been disabled in the config file
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,843 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | SyManager.DeckLink | ERROR | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,845 | Failed to create instance.
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:05,855 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:13,449 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:13,450 | Failed to find value '0' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | UI | WARN | 2019-03-22 11:22:13,451 | Failed to find value '-1' in combo-box
[0x000003ec] | DbCommon2 | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:39,023 | Sm2SysIdEntry is not supported in disk database (xml) mode
[0x000016c0] | LeManager | INFO | 2019-03-22 11:22:39,079 | 522, 101

My best guess is that your problem is related to you trying to run it in a VM.

any help would be appreciated...

Hi.

In Resolve the CPU is used to run the app, disk I/O and compression and decompression of codecs.
Resolve does all its image processing in the GPU on the graphics card. More CUDA/OpenCL Cores are better. And as I understand it, do Resolve access the hardware directly in the Graphics Card.

I will suggest you tell us more about you setup. Both VMware version and OS version both in the text and in the heading, so your VMware specialist can see your problem, and may be tell you what is possible.

I don't know what functions you want to perform in Resolve or at what resolution, but the NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q with its only 2 GB vRam is the absolute minimum for work in HD resolutions.

Regards Carsten.

Guest OS is Windows 7 SP1
Vmware 6.0 U3
12 x HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
768GB RAM
2 x Nvidia Tesla m60 in each host
EMC XtremIO Storage Array


I'm not doing anything crazy, so the 2Q profile should be ok... But the application doesn't even see the CUDA cores when setting up the GPU Config

I'm not doing anything crazy

Well...

Install Windows 10 and then Resolve on a Desktop machine. That'll work.

I'm not doing anything crazy, so the 2Q profile should be ok... But the application doesn't even see the CUDA cores when setting up the GPU Config

Hi.

Only Windows 10 is supported for Resolve. And in Resolve each pixel in a video is converted to 32 bit resolution and RGB before it is stored in the the Graphics Cards vRam. So the 2 GB of vRam is very very low.

You will need the Paid Studio version of Resolve to use more than one Graphics Card. But even if you have the Paid Studio version of Resolve, can you not add the amount vRam in the different Graphics Cards together. Resolve will only use the lowest amount of vRam in all the available Graphics cards.

Your error message is normal for installation with Intel or AMD graphics Cards which uses OpenCL.
But I can't see how you can access the Graphics Cards Hardware from your Virtual Machine?
I expect that to be your problem.

I will again suggest you change your heading to something like Resolve don't run on VMware, as
the VMware specialist then can see, what this thread is about.

Regards Carsten.

[Peter Chamberlain]

Resolve is not designed to run on VM, no testing is done on VM, there are no current plans to consider VM.

Ps runs spectacular on vm but not every vm and has to be setup right. Key is proper native pcie bus passthru so the guest os has full control over anything plugged into that slot. Resolve wont know the difference and you have the advantage of dynamic resource allocation at will .
Running it on an qemu based vm on unraid host with dual 12 core xeon with 2 nvidia gpu’s , 10gb ether and usb3.1 cards passed thru and vcores/memory depending the job at hand. Performance of the gpus in resolve is 0.5 frames slower then in native in my setup so i call that native performance.

I have personaly not yet heard of any similarly good/working vmware based resolve setups, but your case looking at the logs and your setup could just be a matter of guest os version and its gpu / cuda drivers ( to windows 10) and the low amount of vmemory as mentioned.
So your vm has to match the recommendations of normal resolve systems.

My opinion is that this VMware setup is nonsense, but if you like to hack, trace what reg keys Resolve is querying (sysinternals has the tools) and compare with a non hypervisor environment. You might just get away with renaming you GPUs to something Resolve is used to see.

But then again, you could just use a hypervisor with proper GPU PCIe pass-through and use your limited lifetime to do something slightly more exciting than messing with VMware...