Hi Yogesh Is your dfs.name.dir pointing to /tmp dir? If so try changing that to any other dir . The contents of /tmp may get wiped out on OS restarts.
Regards Bejoy KS Sent from handheld, please excuse typos. -----Original Message----- From: <yogesh.kuma...@wipro.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:20:02 To: <hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org> Reply-To: hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: NameNode fails Hello All :-), I am new to Hdfs. I have installed single node hdfs and started all nodes, every nodes gets started and work fine. But when I shutdown my system or Restart it, then i try to run all nodes but Namenode doesn't start . to Start it i need to format the namenode and all data gets wash off :-(. Please help me and suggest me regarding this and how can I recover namenode from secondary name node on single node setup Thanks & Regards Yogesh Kumar Dhari Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com