Pods fail to initialize

Pods fail to initialize because they can't set the dm_task_set_cookie cookie.

Symptoms

The status for some pods is rpc error: code = 2 desc = Error response from daemon: {"message":"devmapper: Error activating devmapper device for '68781a983adeef6156b303e9ffb18251a5fdd7267d0591226e11066dc9e9fe7d-init': devicemapper: Can't set cookie dm_task_set_cookie failed"}

Causes

Docker versions earlier than version 17.06.2 do not properly set the dm_task_set_cookie cookie.

Resolving the problem

Restart the Docker service by running the following command:

dmsetup udevcomplete_all