NetBackup Snapshot Manager: After changing default storage location for podman images and temporary files, fluentd is not starting.

Problem

After changing default storage location for podman images and temporary files, fluentd is not starting.

Error Message

The following error maybe seen in flexsnap-cloudpoint.log when attempting to start flexsnap-fluentd:
Starting container: flexsnap-fluentd ...b'{"cause":"no such container","message":"no container with name or ID \\"flexsnap-fluentd\\" found: no such 
container","response":404}\n'

This error is also seen attempting to start flexsnap-fluentd manually:
# podman start flexsnap-fluentd
Error: no container with name or ID "flexsnap-fluentd" found: no such container

Cause

The /etc/containers/storage.conf file was modified to change the default location for storing container images and temporary files.

Solution

NetBackup Snapshot Manager currently does not support changing the default location.  It is necessary to reset the podman storage defaults.

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/140789355-158266811-0/v140790136-158266811

NetBackup Snapshot Manager uses the following file systems on the host to store all the container images and files during installation:

/ (root file system)
/var

The /var file system is further used for container runtimes. Ensure that the host on which you install or upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager has sufficient space for the following components.

Table: Space considerations for NetBackup Snapshot Manager components