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dhruba borthakur commented on HADOOP-4016: ------------------------------------------ >Changed the entry on the tasktracker to reflect the new (old) hostname to >(new) ip mapping hi amar, can u pl explain what precisely u changed on the tasktracker machines? > TaskTrackers never (re)connect back to the JobTracker if the JobTracker > node/machine is changed > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-4016 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4016 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: mapred > Reporter: Amar Kamat > > I tried the following > 1) Started a hadoop cluster. > 2) Killed the JT > 3) Selected a new node for starting JT. > 4) Changed the entry on the tasktracker to reflect the new (old) hostname to > (new) ip mapping. Checked if the tracker node correctly resolves the hostname > to the new ip. > 5) Start the JT on the new node > The tasktracker fails to connect to the new jobtracker. It seems that the > hostname resolution remains stale and is never updated. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.