Docker fails to start a container, scope already exists
Issue
- Unable to start a stopped container with an error similar to the following:
Unit docker-<uuid>.scope already exists.\\\"\"\n"
Error: failed to start containers: <container name>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host
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