Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-19 Thread Amogh Vasekar
Hi, Glad to know it helped. If you need to get your cluster up and running quickly, you can manipulate the parameter dfs.namenode.threshold.percent. If you set it to 0, NN will not enter safe mode. Amogh On 1/19/10 12:39 PM, prasenjit mukherjee pmukher...@quattrowireless.com wrote: That was

rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread prasenjit mukherjee
hadoop fs -rmr /op That command always fails. I am trying to run sequential hadoop jobs. After the first run all subsequent runs fail while cleaning up ( aka removing the hadoop dir created by previous run ). What can I do to avoid this ? here is my hadoop version : # hadoop version Hadoop

Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread Rekha Joshi
Can you try with dfs/ without quotes?If using pig to run jobs you can use rmf within your script(again w/o quotes) to force remove and avoid error if file/dir not present.Or if doing this inside hadoop job, you can use FileSystem/FileStatus to delete directories.HTH. Cheers, /R On 1/19/10

Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread prasenjit mukherjee
Hmmm. I am actually running it from a batch file. Is hadoop fs -rmr not that stable compared to pig's rm OR hadoop's FileSystem ? Let me try your suggestion by writing a cleanup script in pig. -Thanks, Prasen On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Rekha Joshi rekha...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Can you

Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread Amogh Vasekar
Hi, When NN is in safe mode, you get a read-only view of the hadoop file system. ( since NN is reconstructing its image of FS ) Use hadoop dfsadmin -safemode get to check if in safe mode. hadoop dfsadmin -safemode leave to leave safe mode forcefully. Or use hadoop dfsadmin -safemode wait to

Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread Rekha Joshi
They are only alternatives. hadoop fs -rmr works well for me. I do not exactly know what error it gives you or how the call is invoked.On batch , lets say on perl below should work fine $cmd = hadoop fs -rmr /op; system($cmd); Cheers, /R On 1/19/10 10:31 AM, prasenjit mukherjee

Re: rmr: org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException: Cannot delete /op. Name node is in safe mode.

2010-01-18 Thread prasenjit mukherjee
That was exactly the reason. Thanks a bunch. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Mafish Liu maf...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/1/19 prasenjit mukherjee pmukher...@quattrowireless.com:  I run hadoop fs -rmr .. immediately after start-all.sh    Does the namenode always start in safemode and after