Ben, Why are there two processes trying a format?
You may jstack their PIDs to see where they are hung. On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Ben Cuthbert <bencuthb...@ymail.com> wrote: > All > > for some reason when I run the format on the namenode it just hangs > > I see the process running > > theabyss:$ ps -ef|grep hadoop > 502 37859 33043 0 10:19am ttys006 0:00.00 grep hadoop > 503 37831 37395 0 10:19am ttys009 0:00.00 sh hadoop_admin.sh format > 503 37838 37831 0 10:19am ttys009 0:00.01 bash > /apps/celertech/deployments/releases/current/services/hadoop-0.20.203.0/bin/hadoop > -x namenode -format > 503 37855 37838 0 10:19am ttys009 0:00.00 bash > /apps/celertech/deployments/releases/current/services/hadoop-0.20.203.0/bin/hadoop > -x namenode -format > 503 37856 37855 0 10:19am ttys009 0:04.80 /usr/bin/java -Xmx32m > org.apache.hadoop.util.PlatformName > theabyss:$ > > But the command line shows not output. Is there a way to debug this? > > -- Harsh J
