LIMITED DISK SPACE

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Operating system

Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon

Description

When i start the vds with disk size larger than 8GB, i get the following error

dsm  | ❯ ERROR: Not enough free space to resize disk to 24G in /storage, it has only 8 GB available..
dsm  | ❯ ERROR: Please specify a smaller DISK_SIZE or disable preallocation by setting ALLOCATE=N.

Docker compose

services:
dsm:
container_name: dsm
image: vdsm/virtual-dsm
networks:
vdsm:
environment:
DHCP: "Y"
DISK_SIZE: "24G"
devices:
- /dev/kvm
- /dev/vhost-net
device_cgroup_rules:
- 'c : rwm'
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
volumes:
- /var/dsm:/storage
stop_grace_period: 2m

Docker log

❯ Starting Virtual DSM for Docker v7.19...
❯ For support visit https://github.com/vdsm/virtual-dsm
❯ CPU: Intel Core TM i5 4590T CPU | RAM: 3/8 GB | DISK: 8 GB (ext4) | HOST: 5.15.0-122...

❯ ERROR: Not enough free space to resize disk to 24G in /storage, it has only 8 GB available..
❯ ERROR: Please specify a smaller DISK_SIZE or disable preallocation by setting ALLOCATE=N.
❯ Starting Virtual DSM for Docker v7.19...
❯ For support visit https://github.com/vdsm/virtual-dsm
❯ CPU: Intel Core TM i5 4590T CPU | RAM: 3/8 GB | DISK: 8 GB (ext4) | HOST: 5.15.0-122...

❯ ERROR: Not enough free space to resize disk to 24G in /storage, it has only 8 GB available..
❯ ERROR: Please specify a smaller DISK_SIZE or disable preallocation by setting ALLOCATE=N.

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[kroese]

It means there is only 8GB of space left in the /var/dsm folder. If you are sure there is more space left, then maybe some policy or setting is restricting Docker from using more than 8 GB?