how do i debug a job being killed this way? : 2009-05-29 01:28:56,672 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskInProgress: Error from attempt_200905281652_0006_m_000007_2: Task attempt_200905281652_0006_m_000007_2 failed to report status for 603 seconds. Killing! 2009-05-29 01:28:56,673 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker: Adding task 'attempt_200905281652_0006_m_000007_3' to tip task_200905281652_0006_m_000007, for tracker 'tracker_domU-12-31-38-01-79-93.compute-1.internal:localhost.localdomain/ 127.0.0.1:33837' 2009-05-29 01:28:56,673 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress: Choosing data-local task task_200905281652_0006_m_0000072009-05-29 01:28:56,673 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker: Removed completed task 'attempt_200905281652_0006_m_000007_2' from 'tracker_domU-12-3 1-38-01-79-93.compute-1.internal:localhost.localdomain/127.0.0.1:33837'2009-05-29 01:39:15,008 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskInProgress: Error from attempt_200905281652_0006_m_000007_3: Task attempt_200905281652_0006_m _000007_3 failed to report status for 603 seconds. Killing!2009-05-29 01:39:15,008 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskInProgress: TaskInProgress task_200905281652_0006_m_000007 has failed 4 times. 2009-05-29 01:39:15,009 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress: Aborting job job_200905281652_00062009-05-29 01:39:15,009 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress: Killing job 'job_200905281652_0006'
this is a pass/through map/reduce job - map/reduce code doesn't do anything except report status via Conters, like: reporter.incrCounter(Counters.MAP_RECORDS, 1); thanks, thushara
