Pods are stuck in "ContainerCreating" status in OpenShift

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A pod gets stuck in ContainerCreating status and throws an event error similar to:
Failed sync Error syncing pod, skipping: failed to "StartContainer" for "POD" with RunContainerError: "runContainer: API error   (500): unable to open database file
  • Docker storage gets full, corrupted and fails to work in expected way.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2.0

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