moby: [1.6.0][graphdriver] prior storage driver "devicemapper" failed: error intializing graphdriver

Hi, Running Docker 1.6.0 on Slackware 14.1 (kernel-3.18.11-x86_64) local machine:

$ uname -a
Linux infoslack 3.18.11 #2 SMP Tue Apr 7 13:09:53 CDT 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

$ docker version
Client version: 1.6.0
Client API version: 1.18
Go version (client): go1.4.2
Git commit (client): 4749651
OS/Arch (client): linux/amd64
Server version: 1.6.0
Server API version: 1.18
Go version (server): go1.4.2
Git commit (server): 4749651
OS/Arch (server): linux/amd64

$ docker -D info
Containers: 7
Images: 29
Storage Driver: overlay
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
Execution Driver: native-0.2
Kernel Version: 3.18.11
Operating System: Slackware 14.1
CPUs: 4
Total Memory: 7.686 GiB
Name: infoslack
ID: 7V7Y:YELO:XDMW:IF3R:DEDK:C5FA:HSIH:HOFW:LKCH:NEVD:6SQB:JWPH
Debug mode (server): true
Debug mode (client): true
Fds: 10
Goroutines: 15
System Time: Tue May  5 21:04:10 BRT 2015
EventsListeners: 0
Init SHA1: 78411382de1b3838ed8f519e914ea9dc8c1053c4
Init Path: /usr/libexec/docker/dockerinit
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Username: infoslack
Registry: [https://index.docker.io/v1/]

$ docker -d -D
DEBU[0000] waiting for daemon to initialize             
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm version   OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm version   OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] devicemapper: udev sync support: true        
DEBU[0000] Generated prefix: docker-252:2-3147207       
DEBU[0000] Checking for existence of the pool 'docker-252:2-3147207-pool' 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm info docker-252:2-3147207-pool  OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] Pool doesn't exist. Creating it.             
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2304 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) created 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2324 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) incremented to 1 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2196 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) incremented to 2 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2446 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) assigned to CREATE task(0) with flags DISABLE_SUBSYSTEM_RULES DISABLE_DISK_RULES DISABLE_OTHER_RULES         (0xe) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm create docker-252:2-3147207-pool  OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm reload docker-252:2-3147207-pool  OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(3): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1813 (-1) device-mapper: reload ioctl on docker-252:2-3147207-pool failed: Invalid argument 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1401 (0) <backtrace> 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2231 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) decremented to 1 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2196 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) incremented to 2 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2446 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) assigned to REMOVE task(2) with flags DISABLE_SUBSYSTEM_RULES DISABLE_DISK_RULES DISABLE_OTHER_RULES         (0xe) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1795 (4) dm remove docker-252:2-3147207-pool  OF   [16384] (*1) 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:1396 (4) docker-252:2-3147207-pool: Stacking NODE_DEL [verify_udev] 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2231 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) decremented to 0 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2496 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) waiting for zero 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:2246 (4) Udev cookie 0xd4d6876 (semid 1441792) destroyed 
DEBU[0000] libdevmapper(6): libdm-common.c:1396 (4) docker-252:2-3147207-pool: Processing NODE_DEL [verify_udev] 
INFO[0000] +job serveapi(unix:///var/run/docker.sock)   
INFO[0000] Listening for HTTP on unix (/var/run/docker.sock) 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/ps              
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/json            
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/json  
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /version                    
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/json                
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/viz                 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/get       
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/history   
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/top   
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /info                       
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/{name:.*}/json      
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/stats 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/export 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/logs  
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /exec/{id:.*}/json          
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/attach/ws 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /_ping                      
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /events                     
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/search              
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /images/get                 
DEBU[0000] Registering GET, /containers/{name:.*}/changes 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/start 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/rename 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/create             
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/load               
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/{name:.*}/tag      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/kill 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/copy 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /exec/{name:.*}/resize     
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /build                     
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /images/{name:.*}/push     
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/unpause 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/restart 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /exec/{name:.*}/start      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /auth                      
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/pause 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/stop 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/exec 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/attach 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /commit                    
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/create         
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/wait 
DEBU[0000] Registering POST, /containers/{name:.*}/resize 
DEBU[0000] Registering DELETE, /containers/{name:.*}    
DEBU[0000] Registering DELETE, /images/{name:.*}        
DEBU[0000] Registering OPTIONS,                         
DEBU[0000] docker group found. gid: 281                 
FATA[0000] Shutting down daemon due to errors: error intializing graphdriver: Error running DeviceCreate (CreatePool) dm_task_run failed

But when using the overlay driver works:

$ docker -d -s overlay -D
...
INFO[0000] -job init_networkdriver() = OK (0)           
DEBU[0000] Restarting containers...                     
INFO[0000] docker daemon: 1.6.0 4749651; execdriver: native-0.2; graphdriver: overlay 
INFO[0000] +job acceptconnections()                     
INFO[0000] -job acceptconnections() = OK (0)            
INFO[0000] Daemon has completed initialization

What am I forgetting?

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  • State: closed
  • Created 9 years ago
  • Comments: 18 (5 by maintainers)

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GordonTheTurtle on May 6, 2015

The issue is closed but I might as well post my findings here. The underlying problem is the devicemapper storage driver that gets into an inconsistent state which was pretty much every time we ran Docker-in-Docker setup on Ubuntu hosts.

The fix (using overlayfs storage driver):

  • Stop the docker service with sudo systemctl stop docker.service
  • Remove broken devicemapper data - this is easiest with rm -rf /var/lib/docker/*
  • Install overlayroot from apt-get which will get you that kernel module
  • Create /etc/modules-load.d/overlayfs.conf with overlay as the content so that it loads on boot
  • Run sudo modprobe overlay to load the module for your current session if you won’t restart the machine.
  • (this step might not be needed) Add -s overlay to DOCKER_OPTS in /etc/default/docker to force overlayfs to be used instead of devicemapper/aufs/etc.
  • Restart the machine or start the docker service with sudo systemctl restart docker.service
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sgnn7 on Mar 15, 2016

I managed to resolve this on my side by deleting /var/lib/docker and restarting the docker service. I’m really not sure what caused it and it may be due to packaging issue in my case. Reference.

Note: Removing /var/lib/docker will delete all your downloaded images!

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petarov on May 14, 2015

Can data in /var/lib/docker be recovered?

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kephas on Aug 3, 2018

sorry to bump a closed issue, but i has having a similar issue:

docker[8237]: time="2015-06-19T10:17:36-04:00" level=fatal msg="Shutting down daemon due to errors: error intializing graphdriver: invalid character '\\x00' looking for beginning of value"

and removing /var/lib/docker and restarting the service fixed this issue as well. thanx @petarov !

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ghost on Jun 19, 2015
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