Re: How to bring standby namenode to active mode in case of active host node down?

2015-08-30 Thread Raju Bairishetti
Seems fencing mechanism is still required with apache hadoop 2.6 branch to avoid split brain case. We are already using 3 journal code node quorum in production. We are not able to bring it standby to active in case of active namenode host down. What should be the better way to bring stnadby namen

Re: How to bring standby namenode to active mode in case of active host node down?

2015-08-20 Thread Raju Bairishetti
Thanks @vinayakumarb for the reply, Seems we are using QJM (3 journal nodes) from 2.6 apache hadoop branch. dfs.namenode.shared.edits.dir qjournal://:;:;:/ On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Vinayakumar B wrote: > Actually SSH fencing was

Re: How to bring standby namenode to active mode in case of active host node down?

2015-08-20 Thread Vinayakumar B
Actually SSH fencing was introduced before QuorumJournal was there to ensure only one active writer at all times. If you are using QuorumJournal for shared edits.. you dont need to configure SSH fencing. QuorumJournal will ensure its allowing only one writer at a time. -Vinay

Re: How to bring standby namenode to active mode in case of active host node down?

2015-08-20 Thread Raju Bairishetti
Thanks in advance :). We are using apache hadoop 2.6 branch. On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Raju Bairishetti wrote: > Hello devs, > > We are hitting an issue, in which none of the namenodes are in active > state. > > Our Setup: > --- >We are using *automatic failover* for Had

How to bring standby namenode to active mode in case of active host node down?

2015-08-20 Thread Raju Bairishetti
Hello devs, We are hitting an issue, in which none of the namenodes are in active state. Our Setup: --- We are using *automatic failover* for Hadoop Namenode HA(two node) and *SshFencing* as fencing mechanism *1) What happens if namenode host goes down?* * This is caus