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Pod event 'FailedScheduling' (5 times) at 2025-07-16 06:26:33+00:00: 0/5 nodes are available: 5 Insufficient <http://nvidia.com/gpu|nvidia.com/gpu>. preemption: 0/5 nodes are available: 5 No preemption victims found for incoming pod.
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Let me help you understand and fix this Kubernetes scheduling error, which appears to be related to GPU resources in your cluster. Let me break down what this error means: 1. `FailedScheduling`: The Kubernetes scheduler couldn't find a suitable node to schedule your pod 2. `0/5 nodes are available`: None of your 5 nodes in the cluster can accept the pod 3. `Insufficient nvidia.com/gpu`: The specific reason is that the pod is requesting NVIDIA GPU resources, but none are available This error typically occurs when: 1. Your pod/deployment is requesting GPU resources but there are no GPUs available in your cluster 2. The GPU resources are all already allocated to other pods 3. The nodes don't have NVIDIA GPUs installed 4. The NVIDIA device plugin isn't properly configured in your cluster Here's how to fix this: 1. First, check if your pod actually needs GPU resources. If not, remove the GPU request from your deployment YAML. Look for something like:
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resources:
  limits:
    <http://nvidia.com/gpu|nvidia.com/gpu>: 1  # Remove or adjust this if GPU isn't needed
  requests:
    <http://nvidia.com/gpu|nvidia.com/gpu>: 1  # Remove or adjust this if GPU isn't needed
2. If you do need GPUs: - Verify your nodes have physical NVIDIA GPUs installed - Check if the NVIDIA device plugin is installed in your cluster:
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     kubectl get pods -n kube-system | grep nvidia-device-plugin
- Verify GPU availability in your cluster:
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     kubectl describe nodes | grep <http://nvidia.com/gpu|nvidia.com/gpu>
- Check if other pods are using the GPUs:
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     kubectl get pods -A -o=custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,GPU:.spec.containers[*].resources.limits.nvidia\.com/gpu
3. If you need GPUs but don't have enough: - Scale down other GPU-using workloads - Add more GPU nodes to your cluster - Adjust your GPU resource requests to match availability Since this appears to be a Kubernetes infrastructure issue related to Prefect workloads, you might want to consider: 1. Using a node selector or tolerations to ensure your workload lands on GPU-enabled nodes 2. Reviewing your Prefect deployment configuration to ensure GPU requests align with your actual needs 3. Consider using a different work pool if you have multiple options with different resource configurations Would you like me to: 1. Research specific Prefect configurations for GPU workloads? 2. Look for similar issues others have encountered with Prefect GPU deployments? 3. Help you verify your deployment configuration? Just let me know what would be most helpful and I'll dive deeper into that aspect.