Failed to acquire lock: No space left on device error when trying to start Hosted Engine VM

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running a hosted-engine environment
  • Power outage or some other unexpected event uncleanly shut down RHV-M or Hypervisor.
  • hosted-engine --vm-start fails to bring the RHEV Manager back online
  • Hosted-Engine Virtual Machine fails to start with Failed to acquire lock: No space left on device

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.x
    • Hosted-Engine

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