Hi, As noted on http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/cluster_setup.html#Configuring+the+Hadoop+Daemons, and by its own name, the config 'mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum' applies to a TaskTracker daemon and therefore needs to be applied to its local mapred-site.xml and has to be restarted to take new values into effect.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Manoj Babu <manoj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to override the value of mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum in > mapred-site.xml through my job configuration object will it reflect in the > corresponding task trackers? > or do i have to change it in mapred-site.xml following a restart for the > changes to apply? > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers! > Manoj. -- Harsh J