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Unable to remove orphaned Docker volumes

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Applies to

  • Trident plug-in for Docker
  • Docker swarm environment

Issue

  • Unable to remove orphaned Docker volumes after removing the Trident plugin for Docker, the worker and/or manager nodes stalls on reboot complaining about missing volume drivers.

dockerd[1823]: time="2025-02-28T11:23:43.479141336+01:00" level=warning msg="Error restoring volume" driver="netapp-san:latest" error="error while checking if volume \"\" exists in dri>
dockerd[1823]: time="2025-02-28T11:23:43.479290914+01:00" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: netapp-san:latest, retrying in 1s"
dockerd[1823]: time="2025-02-28T11:23:44.479469605+01:00" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: netapp-san:latest, retrying in 2s"
dockerd[1823]: time="2025-02-28T11:23:46.480974290+01:00" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: netapp-san:latest, retrying in 4s"
dockerd[1823]: time="2025-02-28T11:23:50.483253984+01:00" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: netapp-san:latest, retrying in 8s"

  • All volumes were removed from storage prior to the uninstallation of Trident plugin for Docker

 

 

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