Thanks for letting us know the solution.

Regards,
Shahab


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Boyu Zhang <boyuzhan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I solved the problem, in my case, it is because I did not start the job
> history server daemon. After starting it, the history logs are generated in
> 2 places: the HADOOP_MAPRED_LOG_DIR directory, and in hdfs, /tmp folder.
>
> Hope this is helpful for whoever also has the same problem. By the way,
> the documentation for hadoop 2.0.x is out of date, this creates some
> trouble in figuring out where the conf/logs are stored and where to set
> them.
>
> Thanks,
> Boyu
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Boyu Zhang <boyuzhan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I used a directory that is local to every slave node: export
>> HADOOP_LOG_DIR="/scratch/$USER/$PBS_JOBID/hadoop-$USER/log".
>>
>> I did not change the " hadoop.job.history.user.location", I thought if I
>> don't change this property, the job history is going to be stored in hdfs
>> under output/_logs dir.
>>
>> Then after the job completes, I copied back the logs to the server.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Boyu
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Shahab Yunus <shahab.yu...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> What value do you have for hadoop.log.dir property?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Boyu Zhang <boyuzhan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Shahab,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How old were they?
>>>>>
>>>> They are new, I did the copy automatically right after the job
>>>> completed, in a script.
>>>>
>>>> I am assuming they were from the jobs run on the older version, right?
>>>>>
>>>> I run the job using the hadoop version 2.0.4 if this is what you mean.
>>>>
>>>> Or are you looking for new jobs's log that you are running after the
>>>>> upgrade?
>>>>>
>>>> I am looking for new job's log, I did a fresh install of hadoop2.0.4,
>>>> then run the job, then copied back the entire hdfs directory.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What about the local file systems? Are the logs there still?
>>>>>
>>>> Where should I find the logs (job logs, not daemon logs) in the local
>>>> file systems?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Boyu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Shahab
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Boyu Zhang <boyuzhan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Shahab,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I saw the link, but it is not the case for me. I copied everything
>>>>>> from hdfs ($HADOOP_HOME/bin/hdfs dfs -copyToLocal / $local_dir). But did
>>>>>> not see the logs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did it work for you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Boyu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Shahab Yunus 
>>>>>> <shahab.yu...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> See this;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-common-user/201302.mbox/%3c1360184802.61630.yahoomail...@web141205.mail.bf1.yahoo.com%3E
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Shahab
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Boyu Zhang <boyuzhan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recently moved from Hadoop0.20.2 to 2.0.4, and I am trying to
>>>>>>>> find the old job history files (used to be in hdfs, 
>>>>>>>> output/_logs/history),
>>>>>>>> it records detailed time information for every task attempts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But now it is not on hdfs anymore, I copied the entire "/" from
>>>>>>>> hdfs to my local dir, but am not able to find this location.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could anyone give any advise on where are the files?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Boyu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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