Just recently my hadoop jobs started failing with Could not obtain block. I recently restarted the cluster but this error has killed 3 jobs I need some hints on how tp diagnose and fix the problem
d by: java.io.IOException: Could not obtain block: blk_8697778223665513111_1917303 file=/user/howdah/JXTandem/data/VentnerEcoli/tandem256000.xml at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.chooseDataNode(DFSClient.java:1797) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.blockSeekTo(DFSClient.java:1623) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.read(DFSClient.java:1752) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient$DFSInputStream.read(DFSClient.java:1680) -- Steven M. Lewis PhD 4221 105th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98033 206-384-1340 (cell) Skype lordjoe_com