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Oracle Linux: Virtual Data Optimizer(vd0) Fails with Error "VDO Status: Out of space" (Doc ID 2654727.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 8.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

 When trying to create a VDO disk the procedure fails with the following error:

# vdo create --name=vdoTEST2 --device=/dev/sde --vdoLogicalSize=1G --writePolicy=async
Creating VDO vdoTEST2
vdo: ERROR - vdoformat: formatVDO failed on '/dev/disk/by-id/ata-VBOX_HARDDISK_VBcd2ac7bf-4750ebec': VDO Status: Out of space   <<<<<<

Changes

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Cause

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