# Questions **URL:** https://discuss.dvc.org/c/questions/9.md [Latest](https://discuss.dvc.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.dvc.org/categories.md) --- ## [DVC compared with GitLFS for storage and versioning only](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-compared-with-gitlfs-for-storage-and-versioning-only/241)
**Author:** [@nickrsan](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/nickrsan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-compared-with-gitlfs-for-storage-and-versioning-only/241 "2020-10-13T23:06:35Z")
Hi all - I’m considering using DVC on an existing project that has other functionality for reproducability and has access to essentially unlimited Git+LFS on GitHub (affiliated with a university). If I don’t want to use … --- ## [About the Questions category](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/about-the-questions-category/306)
**Author:** [@shcheklein](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/shcheklein)\ **Replies:** 0
Need help? Have a question about how to use DVC? Ask it here! --- ## [Lock error with parallelized dvc repro](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/lock-error-with-parallelized-dvc-repro/929)
**Author:** [@maartenb](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/maartenb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/lock-error-with-parallelized-dvc-repro/929 "2026-07-21T14:37:18Z")
I have a pipeline with many parallel stages. I use a combination of a (generated) params.yaml file and foreach approach. See below for simplified examples of dvc.yaml, params.yaml, and dvc.lock. I wrote a simple schedul… --- ## [Using DVC outside git](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/using-dvc-outside-git/1014)
**Author:** [@kongkip](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/kongkip)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/using-dvc-outside-git/1014 "2026-05-22T08:40:41Z")
Hello here, I am grateful on what dvc offers so far in data management. I am working on a labeling tool for image segmentation with the image labels stored in the cloud storage after generation, my question is, is it po… --- ## [ERROR: unexpected error - \[Errno 2\] No such file or directory:](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381)
**Author:** [@bdatko](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/bdatko)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-unexpected-error-errno-2-no-such-file-or-directory/1381 "2026-05-19T13:40:42Z")
Hi all, I ran into an ERROR: unexpected error - \[Errno 2\] No such file or directory from running dvc run on my stage in my dvc.yaml. I am running into a similar error when I try to do dvc repro. I am not sure how to de… --- ## [How can I pull if there are missing files?](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/how-can-i-pull-if-there-are-missing-files/2335)
**Author:** [@Aliaga](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/Aliaga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/how-can-i-pull-if-there-are-missing-files/2335 "2025-12-23T20:56:27Z")
Someone made a mess of a dvc installation. Now when I do dvc pull Collecting |7.00 \[00:00, 129entry/s\] WARNING: Some of the ca… --- ## [My MAC suddenly shows a connection loss.](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/my-mac-suddenly-shows-a-connection-loss/2661)
**Author:** [@raiden](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/raiden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/my-mac-suddenly-shows-a-connection-loss/2661 "2025-12-12T20:53:31Z")
Two Mac devices in the company are showing connection loss errors, but they can ping the DVC server. Other Windows devices can connect normally. The error details are attached in the image. How can I resolve this? --- ## [Dvc import and cache](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-import-and-cache/2660)
**Author:** [@Moki](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/Moki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-import-and-cache/2660 "2025-12-12T19:39:34Z")
Hello, I would like to ask about a few scenarios and confirm DVC’s behaviour. Let’s say I dvc import a directory images/ (which contains image files) from a data registry. I will thus have images/ images.dvc in my w… --- ## [Queued jobs failing before they get started](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/queued-jobs-failing-before-they-get-started/2493)
**Author:** [@severin](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/severin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/queued-jobs-failing-before-they-get-started/2493 "2025-11-05T16:39:17Z")
H! I have a couple of DVC projects for ML model development. I have been using the queue functionality for experiments quite a lot and it seems like all of a sudden queued experiments don’t work. I can run an experime… --- ## [Mounting GCS Bucket versioned with DVC on a VM](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/mounting-gcs-bucket-versioned-with-dvc-on-a-vm/2651)
**Author:** [@odex](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/odex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/mounting-gcs-bucket-versioned-with-dvc-on-a-vm/2651 "2025-11-03T11:58:09Z")
Hi everyone, I’m in a situation that I believe many people must have come across, but unfortunately I see no threads online. I’m training neural networks on a remote Google Compute Engine VM. My data is stored in a GCS… --- ## [Facing trouble while running dvc exp run, I am fairly new to it](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/facing-trouble-while-running-dvc-exp-run-i-am-fairly-new-to-it/2652)
**Author:** [@ArshJammer](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/ArshJammer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/facing-trouble-while-running-dvc-exp-run-i-am-fairly-new-to-it/2652 "2025-11-03T11:20:38Z")
--- ## [Is it possible to mount a remote DVC data registry in a local filesystem?](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mount-a-remote-dvc-data-registry-in-a-local-filesystem/1466)
**Author:** [@pablosmig](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/pablosmig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/is-it-possible-to-mount-a-remote-dvc-data-registry-in-a-local-filesystem/1466 "2025-10-27T14:23:32Z")
Hi! This is my first post here. I’ve been looking through the docs and topics to find out a best solution. I think I almost got everything clear in terms of setup. We are currently using a DVC data registry (i.e. a DVC+… --- ## [Running out of storage when streaming with DVCFileSystem](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/running-out-of-storage-when-streaming-with-dvcfilesystem/2650)
**Author:** [@torjush](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/torjush)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/running-out-of-storage-when-streaming-with-dvcfilesystem/2650 "2025-10-24T11:38:48Z")
I have the following setup: A git/dvc repo on gitlab, with a Google cloud storage bucket as remote, used as a data registry Another git repo with code for training a machine learning model I am able to load file… --- ## [Can't push to gdrive, dvc doctor won't run \[solved\] multiple installs of dvc](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/cant-push-to-gdrive-dvc-doctor-wont-run-solved-multiple-installs-of-dvc/1823)
**Author:** [@JohnAtl](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/JohnAtl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/cant-push-to-gdrive-dvc-doctor-wont-run-solved-multiple-installs-of-dvc/1823 "2025-10-22T18:31:03Z")
I seem to have everything installed that needs to be there (and did pip install 'dvc\[all\]' to be sure), but dvc still complains that it needs dvc-gdrive. (rebooted too) dvc doctor throws an error too. Sleep on  releas… --- ## [Ensuring dataset quality when maintaining a data registry](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/ensuring-dataset-quality-when-maintaining-a-data-registry/2648)
**Author:** [@rnaves](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/rnaves)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/ensuring-dataset-quality-when-maintaining-a-data-registry/2648 "2025-10-21T00:01:21Z")
In general terms, I would like to know how do you ensure dataset quality in a registry? Maybe I am taking the wrong approach, and would like to know has anyone else got a solution for this? In the context of setting up … --- ## [Using DVC to version dataset outside a project](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/using-dvc-to-version-dataset-outside-a-project/2603)
**Author:** [@rhassana](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/rhassana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/using-dvc-to-version-dataset-outside-a-project/2603 "2025-10-17T14:21:08Z")
Hello, I am very new to DVC so maybe I wrong on what can DVC do. Here is my problem, I have a dataset of videos that is quite big (so i would rather not duplicate it). I am doing a ML project on it, so I have a git repo… --- ## [Hybrid Git/DVC Tracking in a folder](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/hybrid-git-dvc-tracking-in-a-folder/2646)
**Author:** [@kpax](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/kpax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/hybrid-git-dvc-tracking-in-a-folder/2646 "2025-10-17T11:10:17Z")
Hi DVC community, I’m trying to implement a hybrid tracking approach where DVC manages large binary files (.stl meshes) and Git manages small metadata files (.json) within the same directories. I’m running into a confli… --- ## [Error installing](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-installing/2643)
**Author:** [@ramirob](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/ramirob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-installing/2643 "2025-10-06T18:23:42Z")
I just installed DVC, was starting the tutorial and got an error: dvc init -f ERROR: unexpected error - dlopen(/usr/local/lib/dvc/\_internal/lib-dynload/\_ssl. cpython-310-darwin.so, 0x0002): Symbol not found: \_EVP\_MD\_C… --- ## [Facing issue on dvc push](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/facing-issue-on-dvc-push/2110)
**Author:** [@acwankhede](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/acwankhede)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/facing-issue-on-dvc-push/2110 "2025-09-25T07:27:07Z")
I have a 100 GB dataset on a machine. I set remote location and all other required configurations. Now, I need to push it to its remote location, (dvc push) but its throwing error, ERROR: unexpected error - Failure Hav… --- ## [Version Image dataset on network drive with Git in Local drive](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/version-image-dataset-on-network-drive-with-git-in-local-drive/2641)
**Author:** [@vineethvc](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/vineethvc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/version-image-dataset-on-network-drive-with-git-in-local-drive/2641 "2025-09-19T13:55:08Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to set up DVC for a team project where: All dataset files are stored on a shared Samba network drive (S:) All developers can access this network location Git repositories must live locally on… --- ## [DVC - Enterprise Plan](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-enterprise-plan/2614)
**Author:** [@hoermann\_k](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/hoermann_k)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-enterprise-plan/2614 "2025-09-03T22:29:43Z")
Hi! How do i get more information about the Enterprise Plan ? The calendly link at https://dvc.org/doc/studio/user-guide/team-collaboration#get-enterprise does not work for me. --- ## [Error when running dvc exp run TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-when-running-dvc-exp-run-typeerror-expected-str-bytes-or-os-pathlike-object-not-nonetype/2610)
**Author:** [@jasonho1308](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/jasonho1308)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/error-when-running-dvc-exp-run-typeerror-expected-str-bytes-or-os-pathlike-object-not-nonetype/2610 "2025-08-30T21:22:17Z")
Problem Hello guys when running dvc exp run , I got the following error TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType logs are attached, do u guys got any clue? Git branches I got many branches on m… --- ## [Composing params.yaml and dvc.yaml to manage multiple independent pipeline variants](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/composing-params-yaml-and-dvc-yaml-to-manage-multiple-independent-pipeline-variants/2559)
**Author:** [@lusk](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/lusk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/composing-params-yaml-and-dvc-yaml-to-manage-multiple-independent-pipeline-variants/2559 "2025-08-15T21:42:42Z")
Hi all, I’m managing a DVC project where the same set of input data is used to produce multiple distinct outputs. Specifically, we train multiple models, each targeting a different output variable. In addition to these … --- ## [Workflow for editing code while using \`dvc apply\` to get data](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/workflow-for-editing-code-while-using-dvc-apply-to-get-data/2591)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/workflow-for-editing-code-while-using-dvc-apply-to-get-data/2591 "2025-08-15T16:40:00Z")
I would like to use DVC to only get the data (from the cache) from a past experiment, without changing my (carefully hacked) source code to the state it was in when I ran the experiment. dvc exp apply affects both code … --- ## [\`dvc plots diff\` of two experiments only works if they were run from the same queue](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-plots-diff-of-two-experiments-only-works-if-they-were-run-from-the-same-queue/2589)
**Author:** [@Martin](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/Martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-plots-diff-of-two-experiments-only-works-if-they-were-run-from-the-same-queue/2589 "2025-08-15T08:33:23Z")
I assume I have a misunderstanding of how DVC is supposed to work, but this is what I observe vs. my (perhaps incorrect) expectations: Run one experiment dvc exp run param is set to 0 in the params.yaml Run another e… --- ## [DVC diff for tracked output folder](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-diff-for-tracked-output-folder/2594)
**Author:** [@fahmad-wescef](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/fahmad-wescef)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-diff-for-tracked-output-folder/2594 "2025-08-14T00:59:34Z")
I have a complex DVC pipeline. dvc run gives me: sanity\_check\_yolo\_data: … --- ## [DVC and large datasets](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-and-large-datasets/2571)
**Author:** [@rlgebov](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/rlgebov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/dvc-and-large-datasets/2571 "2025-08-13T21:05:14Z")
It is hard to get understanding of the tool just based on an example driven documentation that is why I am asking here. Use Case: I have a large dataset consisting of hundreds of GB of data and I want to trace how it wa… --- ## [Killed a dvc process and now can't run any dvc commands](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/killed-a-dvc-process-and-now-cant-run-any-dvc-commands/2565)
**Author:** [@Mac](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/Mac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/killed-a-dvc-process-and-now-cant-run-any-dvc-commands/2565 "2025-07-18T20:45:05Z")
I brazenly spammed ctrl-c during a dvc pull and I think I killed things that were handling a safe exit. Now almost every dvc command gives me the following: ERROR: unexpected error - unable to open database file Here i… --- ## [Shared cache with huge repo](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/shared-cache-with-huge-repo/2558)
**Author:** [@wilderone](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/wilderone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/shared-cache-with-huge-repo/2558 "2025-07-15T07:44:31Z")
Hi all, We’re currently evaluating DVC for a rather complex use case, and would appreciate any insights or recommendations. Our context: We’re working with a large repository (~2 TB) that includes a huge number of file… --- ## [How to remove tmp files uploaded by dvc add --out](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/how-to-remove-tmp-files-uploaded-by-dvc-add-out/2543)
**Author:** [@kdeguchi](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/kdeguchi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/how-to-remove-tmp-files-uploaded-by-dvc-add-out/2543 "2025-06-19T08:15:41Z")
Hi, First of all, I love “dvc”! It is so useful for my project! Thank you very much for providing it to me. :smile: I have some questions about temporary files created by “dvc add --out” command. It would be appreci… [Next page](https://discuss.dvc.org/c/questions/9.md?page=1)