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Can't run Docker container due device mapper error

I just can't create and run new containers in Docker anymore. But in the same time a can run previously created containers.

When I try to do something like this:

[user@host ~ ] docker run --name=fpm-5.3 debian:jessie
2014/07/12 07:34:08 Error: Error running DeviceCreate (createSnapDevice) dm_task_run failed

From docker.log:

2014/07/12 05:57:11 POST /v1.12/containers/create?name=fpm-5.3
[f56fcb6f] +job create(fpm-5.3)
Error running DeviceCreate (createSnapDevice) dm_task_run failed
[f56fcb6f] -job create(fpm-5.3) = ERR (1)
[error] server.go:1025 Error: Error running DeviceCreate (createSnapDevice) dm_task_run failed
[error] server.go:90 HTTP Error: statusCode=500 Error running DeviceCreate (createSnapDevice) dm_task_run failed

dmsetup status

docker-8:1-1210426-pool: 0 209715200 thin-pool 352 2510/524288 205173/1638400 - ro discard_passdown queue_if_no_space

But they are a lot of free space on disk.

dmsetup info 

Name:              docker-8:1-1210426-pool
State:             ACTIVE
Read Ahead:        256
Tables present:    LIVE
Open count:        1
Event number:      1
Major, minor:      252, 0
Number of targets: 1

docker info 

Containers: 4
Images: 65
Storage Driver: devicemapper
 Pool Name: docker-8:1-1210426-pool
 Data file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/data
 Metadata file: /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
 Data Space Used: 12823.3 Mb
 Data Space Total: 102400.0 Mb
 Metadata Space Used: 9.9 Mb
 Metadata Space Total: 2048.0 Mb
Execution Driver: native-0.2
Kernel Version: 3.14.4

docker version

Client version: 1.0.0
Client API version: 1.12
Go version (client): go1.2.2
Git commit (client): 63fe64c
Server version: 1.0.0
Server API version: 1.12
Go version (server): go1.2.2
Git commit (server): 63fe64c
Solution

  • The following is for a Fedora/RHEL system, so you'll need to adjust for Debian...

    # systemctl stop docker.service
# thin_check /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata

    If there were no errors then proceed with:

    # thin_check --clear-needs-check-flag /var/lib/docker/devicemapper/devicemapper/metadata
# systemctl start docker.service
# docker run --name=fpm-5.3 debian:jessie

    To install thin_check command, run:

    # apt-get install -y thin-provisioning-tools