I think I got it!

Step by step as following:

 1. put two files into hdfs.
 2. kill -9 ${namenode_pid}.
 3. delete the whole ${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs directory of NN.
 4. copy the dfs directory of BN to NN.
 5. start-up NN.

It works. Is it correct?

Shen


On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM, ChingShen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>   I have a Backup Node (BN) and a active NameNode (NN), but if NN failed,
> how to recover the NN? Is possible BN replace NN directly? Any resources?
>
> Shen
>

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