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Kihwal Lee reassigned HDFS-2949:
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Assignee: Kihwal Lee
> HA: Add check to active state transition to prevent operator-induced split
> brain
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> Key: HDFS-2949
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-2949
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: ha, namenode
> Affects Versions: 0.24.0
> Reporter: Todd Lipcon
> Assignee: Kihwal Lee
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> Currently, if the administrator mistakenly calls "-transitionToActive" on one
> NN while the other one is still active, all hell will break loose. We can add
> a simple check by having the NN make a getServiceState() RPC to its peer with
> a short (~1 second?) timeout. If the RPC succeeds and indicates the other
> node is active, it should refuse to enter active mode. If the RPC fails or
> indicates standby, it can proceed.
> This is just meant as a preventative safety check - we still expect users to
> use the "-failover" command which has other checks plus fencing built in.
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