Why does docker-storage-setup.service fails to start in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?

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Issue

  • Why does docker-storage-setup.service fails to start in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ?
    systemctl list-units | grep docker
docker-storage-setup.service                  loaded failed failed Docker Storage Setup.

From the logs

Mar 16 19:01:26 XXXX docker-storage-setup[866]: ERROR: Old mode of passing data and metadata logical volumes to docker is not supported. Exiting.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Docker 1.8.2-10.el7

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