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Eli Collins commented on HDFS-2747: ----------------------------------- Only fails the first time you try to enter: {noformat} hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://localhost:8022 -safemode get Safe mode is OFF hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://localhost:8022 -safemode enter safemode: java.lang.NullPointerException hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://localhost:8022 -safemode get Safe mode is OFF hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://localhost:8022 -safemode enter Safe mode is ON hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://localhost:8022 -safemode get Safe mode is ON {noformat} > HA: entering safe mode after starting SBN can NPE > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-2747 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2747 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: ha > Affects Versions: HA branch (HDFS-1623) > Reporter: Eli Collins > Assignee: Uma Maheswara Rao G > > Entering Safemode on the primary after while it's already in safemode after > the SBN is started results in an NPE: > {noformat} > hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -safemode get > Safe mode is ON > hadoop-0.24.0-SNAPSHOT $ ./bin/hdfs dfsadmin -safemode enter > safemode: java.lang.NullPointerException > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira