RE: Need help: fsck FAILs, refuses to clean up corrupt fs

2014-03-04 Thread John Lilley
More information from the NameNode log. I don't understand... it is saying that I cannot delete the corrupted file until the NameNode leaves safe mode, but it won't leave safe mode until the file system is no longer corrupt. How do I get there from here? Thanks john 2014-03-04 06:02:51,584

RE: Need help: fsck FAILs, refuses to clean up corrupt fs

2014-03-04 Thread John Lilley
Ah... found the answer. I had to manually leave safe mode to delete the corrupt files. john From: John Lilley [mailto:john.lil...@redpoint.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:33 AM To: user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: RE: Need help: fsck FAILs, refuses to clean up corrupt fs More information

RE: Need help: fsck FAILs, refuses to clean up corrupt fs

2014-03-04 Thread divye sheth
You can force namenode to leave safemode. hadoop dfsadmin -safemode leave Then run the hadoop fsck. Thanks Divye Sheth On Mar 4, 2014 10:03 PM, John Lilley john.lil...@redpoint.net wrote: More information from the NameNode log. I don't understand... it is saying that I cannot delete the