ESXi 6.5 server (no vSphere) sched.mem.min error related to PCI passthrough

Solution 1:

Three steps to try:

VMware Documentation Answer

Here

[Vsphere client]

1. Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit settings.
2. Click the Resources tab.
3. Select Memory and increase the reservation amount to its configured memory size.
4. Click OK.

Poster's Answer

[Web Client]

1) Click Edit

2) Click arrow underneath memory to expand memory options

3) Enter same amount of memory for VM in "Reservation" field (e.g. if Memory is 2048MB, enter 2048 in Reservation)

4) Save settings. VM should function with PCI passthrough device now.

Note: Memory does not have to be locked for VM to function

What worked for me

[Web Client]

1. From the web client, select the VM
2. Edit Settings
3. Select VM Options Tab
4. Expand the Advanced Drop down/arrow
5. Change Latency Sensitivity (in my case from High to Normal)
6. Save and try again