Starting docker fails with the error "devmapper: Error while creating filesystem xfs on device docker exit status 1"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • docker daemon fails to start on a fresh install or after setting up new docker pool storage
  • Logs show the error: "devmapper: Error while creating filesystem xfs on device docker exit status 1"
  • docker daemon reports: "Error starting daemon: error initializing graphdriver: exit status 1"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic
  • OpenShift (OCP) 3.x
  • docker 1.1x

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