Multiple overlay FS showing same utilisation as /var

HI ,
I have multiple FS showing in df -h and all of them are showing same usage which I suspect because they all are same ? but I have gone inside multiple FS and cant find soft links that point to others , they are all overlay FS.
I am getting pod eviction due to high FS usage in /var and when I check inside /var most space is occupied by some files but they are on separate FS which is overlay and this overlay FS all of them have same usage as /var.
Can someone explain what is this kind of setup in which all FS are showing same usage.
posting lsblk and df -h o/p

lsblk

NAME             MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb                8:16   0   64G  0 disk /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/xxxx/xxxxx.volume.xx.phx.abyhqljrd
sdc                8:32   0   64G  0 disk /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/xxxx/xxxxvolume.xxx.phx.abyhqljrz
sda                8:0    0  128G  0 disk 
├─sda2             8:2    0  512M  0 part /boot
├─sda3             8:3    0   49G  0 part 
│ ├─vg00-var_log 252:1    0    4G  0 lvm  /var/log
│ ├─vg00-root    252:6    0   10G  0 lvm  /
│ ├─vg00-opt     252:4    0    5G  0 lvm  /opt
│ ├─vg00-var_tmp 252:2    0    1G  0 lvm  
│ ├─vg00-var_log_audit
                 252:0    0    2G  0 lvm  /var/log/audit
│ ├─vg00-swap    252:7    0    1G  0 lvm  
│ ├─vg00-home    252:5    0    1G  0 lvm  /home
│ └─vg00-var     252:3    0 20.3G  0 lvm  /var
└─sda1             8:1    0  128M  0 part /boot/efi

df -h o/p

Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                         63G  4.0K   63G   1% /dev
tmpfs                            63G   28K   63G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                            63G   91M   63G   1% /run
tmpfs                            63G     0   63G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/vg00-root           9.6G  3.8G  5.3G  42% /
/dev/mapper/vg00-home           958M  1.4M  889M   1% /home
/dev/mapper/vg00-opt            4.7G  1.5G  3.0G  33% /opt
/dev/sda2                       488M  170M  282M  38% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg00-var             20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var
/dev/mapper/vg00-var_log        3.8G  177M  3.4G   5% /var/log
/dev/mapper/vg00-var_log_audit  1.9G   38M  1.8G   3% /var/log/audit
/dev/sda1                       128M  7.3M  121M   6% /boot/efi
tmpfs                            63G   44K   63G   1% /var/tmp
tmpfs                            63G  4.0K   63G   1% /tmp
tmpfs                           126G   12K  126G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/1bbce14c-5f37-43df-91d9-a3a48afc10df/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-r47tf
tmpfs                           300M   12K  300M   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/aa6a0da0-8f48-4e0d-a54a-31bf53d80218/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-785zz
tmpfs                           126G   12K  126G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/e880e700-c3d6-40f1-a4cd-59b4ccc216e8/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-pn7rz
tmpfs                           256M   12K  256M   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/363c40d0-fc03-4fe4-8d71-c2927b3de2db/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-9pgg6
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/91cfa6f0ab2d66d90bc8cff7414f950c500ef7ae3d1968f20cdf1d6607192db0/userdata/shm
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/5b3289a9e740d0199294c9c4183246417e8cf649cac9f681dc1cf8fc6de203b1/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/cb8ab0d377b02850c8c886b9c48b681e4fc586bc2ebfe430d708cb0a234e1cdb/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/2ad1020161399478149966bc681b4d687bd50fcb50783746c90e03ec51f31dfe/merged
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/6881d4384847f611e5c41fed3356514f515ed01454a89a4e25082a4edc4541fb/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/6baff0e8fbdc7854daa82942c70fdfbdcd6a18aeaddf809d6964503b5f809123/merged
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/a4e15384dea6964e41c22da5de538cc7c0a723b236217643663f2a99a1a463ac/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/e1f739a9e32ac23bad55348ea2e428ef78708b0441b7a6ef93c267802f093614/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/2d506a24841dcdabe527b863b7c62dd4e0d16ea9fca026cf23c0ab88d3166035/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/93da4ddec2416b6b5b8fc7c10fc974dd97b4a65377ea88f5a4cadc7c948cddcf/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/9dee24d53d07c7a6d467b5d5f96acd6e130e899a29272c87893b7ae1073f8fc4/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/686b32df3fe52912ab801174947084c3e39e0ccae641d8a9381c8c536046bff9/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/61454ee22a3047db373d80763e4fe521237aeaf6c95110d935bea84a5be75799/merged
tmpfs                           126G   12K  126G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/516ae111-d2c5-49c1-a345-9e6d7894aaa9/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-hwpwb
tmpfs                           1.1G   24K  1.1G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/04e363d9-aa35-4c60-a47a-d96e2c2990c2/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           1.2G   24K  1.2G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/865c8a66-81f4-4972-aaf0-55bcdbdd784c/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           1.1G  8.0K  1.1G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/04e363d9-aa35-4c60-a47a-d96e2c2990c2/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           1.2G  8.0K  1.2G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/865c8a66-81f4-4972-aaf0-55bcdbdd784c/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           1.2G   12K  1.2G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/865c8a66-81f4-4972-aaf0-55bcdbdd784c/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-9jnpm
tmpfs                           1.1G  4.0K  1.1G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/04e363d9-aa35-4c60-a47a-d96e2c2990c2/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
tmpfs                           1.1G   12K  1.1G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/04e363d9-aa35-4c60-a47a-d96e2c2990c2/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-spzbv
tmpfs                           1.2G  4.0K  1.2G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/865c8a66-81f4-4972-aaf0-55bcdbdd784c/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/9e4afc2e9b75e1fc43b63538e8f736c934d12cbcacc5008a6fa832adf322c08d/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f98ae69eeb1db9b6dfbace1e346ff85713bb172200c675cd77ea7dcce129e136/merged
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/aa5092705c239931fdbe2dc075cca5c8fb87bb97c9f81fd389d75a73acbf9b49/userdata/shm
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/b555a1237b0b76e775e250cd8fdc82b0fc178cb19c830caa1cbcb336e406863c/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/dcdac130902a34ccf11957f0703fdbb2fa434ad6a2ee02cfd1f5ac0f3b762c59/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/fdcef75777132dc4684b263995ec52d09e12c6f93977dad15dac1f82d98577f4/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/5bcd5c8450e962109a0a523e9905a2c24d1937f60cb266c88b2571873c6020ca/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/77c3e3f23a45869ad6d4fa2e16e15d6c03552c1b729368f715984c7e617c3ac9/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/5f4addc393fed389388d8acb08f4b0eada80179e571296cb04005986f74f699a/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/814f94b1215514e1f68bbfc0068add940182e9cfbdb687e1e44ff0db060016b7/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/910044c349a07338f1ae3eeea9319400bc29e9e505b04f3892911a630a3f4661/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/cc269a3ff2e47684c4dba6f41c1a7cba0a9cdbfc89478147976a5b3c3d322c2f/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/39c19fde4c44820f2a089e4d237dac471051239debbec827a0aa0e771847fa05/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/bdc5d60b767271411bae751489c577b6ad030863e300138f5a82da7013a06655/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/04c4f937c03fe8507c6f0ef6fadac120705bba3dbae07df4c3a7d3ac40211f38/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/a5ed8a80759b036a589cd79ac4d22cdf6b1b2a95c523bb6b60b9ae95e07d3fa0/merged
tmpfs                            13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/995
tmpfs                            13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/103067
tmpfs                           5.5G   24K  5.5G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/858c6a74-29ad-438b-985b-ee0a89160189/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           5.5G  8.0K  5.5G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/858c6a74-29ad-438b-985b-ee0a89160189/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/ecfe457f-8367-4f08-8d84-3c56938e362c/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/ecfe457f-8367-4f08-8d84-3c56938e362c/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/d117fd56-9389-46c6-9541-0c0d17c6fe06/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/d117fd56-9389-46c6-9541-0c0d17c6fe06/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           5.5G  4.0K  5.5G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/858c6a74-29ad-438b-985b-ee0a89160189/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
tmpfs                           5.5G   12K  5.5G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/858c6a74-29ad-438b-985b-ee0a89160189/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-5mtg4
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/3571ff2fb0e8b9d98875b93b736834493ee5c2a5007defba5659aabdebedf906/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/50739667d04950b6bbf4d84f7cad950b24a3421ce510648eed4483ac76f55584/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/aa36fce5c78fd603b015b15370eb992a62d850ffa1599d8a9bd2a066c204fb14/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/509462ce2af0bc2c5a56e255e26053c5c79cd0bc84dabb8d509f6bff17ed0998/merged
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/ecfe457f-8367-4f08-8d84-3c56938e362c/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/ecfe457f-8367-4f08-8d84-3c56938e362c/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-qn2xz
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/d117fd56-9389-46c6-9541-0c0d17c6fe06/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/e7fda535d4162317ce5016a7b867d8877f5be1a4e6aeb869cba75a03d5b28cff/userdata/shm
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/d117fd56-9389-46c6-9541-0c0d17c6fe06/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-h92qh
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/5113120dc8185f40a0f5d62b2bdf8211dfc694ee2874db9761feca0131414b60/merged
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/1acbdcf4b0680096f6a8fde530df38ae82f17405ef2230a106f067310ad89cdc/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/fad7bbdabe51d8af21a683543a22f214eeab15350911f07ccf537d0f734c3968/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/b3de5af9d2d29075fe42dfd335006d0d386c59ea82ea377c2d96940fd4794d93/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/497ae3fb9758f41e2ee713a5f4b688fb42e88e2cee794828de2a0cdb62a999e0/merged
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/3dc70af4ee6655d5db9b738f475f5f92e8c7ffd69998ec7569bbc3f7d8a8c11c/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0cb1d1b5870893a7d77945396f44d5ebb70e6748fc43473b27e9ad79ae1b6d52/merged
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/e6904d88-c592-49da-b123-50b5450d7a26/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/00848337-5e99-44c5-9b72-9a384855d6dc/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G   24K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ee0e65f-5a5b-4dae-ae31-35993e09d2ea/volumes/kubernetes.io~empty-dir/istio-envoy
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/00848337-5e99-44c5-9b72-9a384855d6dc/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/e6904d88-c592-49da-b123-50b5450d7a26/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G  8.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ee0e65f-5a5b-4dae-ae31-35993e09d2ea/volumes/kubernetes.io~downward-api/istio-podinfo
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ef9eb41-2888-4d26-94fa-3fea2f2086d9/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-cqkj6
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ee0e65f-5a5b-4dae-ae31-35993e09d2ea/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/e6904d88-c592-49da-b123-50b5450d7a26/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-9vlp2
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/3ee0e65f-5a5b-4dae-ae31-35993e09d2ea/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-dtj82
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/2541b95410d0655fe6e25494701506c6b2820d18adb3310e485a29c441298c92/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/65889e3a4071e00fbc2902a71201bd5bb81b644b9a3e7eb9073caa7251fc8e34/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/46191ca9b47aaf4ee4b979191dea26a9260faf2e9fd1a1501705c8eb6ef4c27d/merged
tmpfs                           3.0G   12K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/00848337-5e99-44c5-9b72-9a384855d6dc/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/kube-api-access-7b92m
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/00848337-5e99-44c5-9b72-9a384855d6dc/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
tmpfs                           3.0G  4.0K  3.0G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/pods/e6904d88-c592-49da-b123-50b5450d7a26/volumes/kubernetes.io~projected/istio-token
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/6b2ceb5932300800d9aa9f6044d5096c9a55e8ebb368d373d156ebc116a25d64/userdata/shm
/dev/sdb                         63G  152M   60G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/flexvolume/oracle/oci/mounts/ocid1.volume.oc1.phx.abyhqljrd34pcrewmbev55eqbtuwd63dhpdngekky54dk4rilbvjvjpbqwua
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/db2f44408e980724e817099f683cfab1d23678f331928aea2bf938887493dbbd/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/fb0b002d88e8c72b6d5eecbbd70da6b73eac557cb231c88d816a79b3d51ae6b2/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/eb72d534a5bd7f610d2064eeb7fada7a6fc6274655ef7b2a04f0661c7fde0a05/merged
/dev/sdc                         63G   68M   60G   1% /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/flexvolume/oracle/oci/mounts/ocid1.volume.oc1.phx.abyhqljrzojk7o3hcpiels72ymcn6vmh4ufqfwa3ofannkzmu4qpsegu6bva
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/7affba7b970447762e2c55b06c5e4a32282c8d82947769093769f0723212baa5/merged
shm                              64M     0   64M   0% /run/containers/storage/overlay-containers/d24f4abdb123023f1441250963bd6718f86922f4cd7a086aa9245dd8a2b95f04/userdata/shm
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/89886a1cee7bc22ff178516788881660f49cd288480abbda8a461474981b8c70/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/2df2e462b03a891a04c7540648c0c9b6143a6c34326db233873ce1f3154c2950/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f340fc9ecc1d8f292b279653b7f5e0b37ea6f95b25349022bd9d8871fed5ec90/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/d164b4393eeadf8179822f6dd6c82ed52a954c1bdbe394caf91b54d884cbb404/merged
overlay                          20G   14G  4.7G  75% /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/330dcdad7d79898f22ec7b4f318d9b1fcb4e1233ccea91a29412c91ffeab12c4/merged

Hi JC,

Docker/Kubernetes uses Overlay2 to manage changes to the containers, these are virtual filesystems that are "real" to the Docker daemon but not to the OS and so when df looks at the filesystem it sees the underlying /var filesystem (the vg00-var logical volume) that is "real" to the OS.

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