Docker machine timeout - how to fix without destroying the machine?

Question

I\'m having a recurring problem with Docker Machine - every few days it decides to timeout and I am unable to recover it once this happens.

Example

Answer 1

This worked for me and my containers were not destroyed:

1. Opened Oracle virtual box and paused the VM
2. Restarted the VM on docker machine

$ docker-machine restart default

• docker version: 1.12.3
• docker-machine version: 0.8.2, build e18a919