Please upgrade to latest 2.1.2 and restart all agents and Ambari server. Ctrl-shft-r on browser after you navigate to ambari URL. Login and let me know if it still shows same problem. On Oct 29, 2015 10:19 AM, "Ken Barclay" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Artem, > > I started with 2.0.1, and upgraded it to 2.1 back in August. > > From: Artem Ervits <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 2:09 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Any way to reset Ambari Install Wizard? > > What version of Ambari are you running? > On Oct 27, 2015 6:51 PM, "Ken Barclay" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I’m returning to an issue we’ve left hanging since July – we have now to >> fix Ambari on this cluster or take the whole cluster down and reinstall >> from scratch. >> >> Our situation is that although our HDP 2.2 cluster is running well, >> Ambari cannot be used to install anything because the wizard is broken. >> >> I did a restart of Ambari server and agents per Artem, but without >> knowing exactly what changes to make to the postgres tables I’m reluctant >> to try that part. We also tried to add a new component (Spark) using the >> Ambari API instead of the wizard, but that also failed, as did trying to >> remove the Spark (again via the API) that had failed to install. >> >> We have 1.5T of monitoring data on this 4-node cluster that want to >> preserve. The cluster is dedicated to storing metrics in HBase via OpenTSDB >> and that is all it is used for. >> >> I just want to confirm with the group that since Ambari can only be used >> to manage a cluster that it installed itself, our best option in this >> scenario would be to: >> >> Shut down monitoring >> Copy all the data to another cluster >> Completely remove Ambari and HDP per >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Host+Cleanup+for+Ambari+and+Stack >> Do a fresh install of HDP 2.2 using the latest Ambari, and >> Copy the data back to the new cluster. >> >> Please let us know if this is a valid approach >> Thanks >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Artem Ervits < >> [email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 12:48 PM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Any way to reset Ambari Install Wizard? >> >> try to restart ambari server and agents, then stop and start services, >> sometimes services need to announce themselves to Ambari that they're >> installed. Always refer to the ambari-server log. Worst case scenario, >> delete Ambari_metrics service with API and clean up the postgres DB >> manually, tables to concentrate on are hostservicedesiredstate, >> servicedesiredstate etc. This should be last resort. >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Benoit Perroud <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Some manual update in DB is most likely needed. >>> >>> *WARNING* use this at your own risk >>> >>> The table that needs to be updated is cluster_version. >>> >>> As far as I tested 2.1, it required less manual intervention than 2.0.1. >>> Upgrade has a retry button for most of the steps, and this is really cool. >>> >>> Hope this help. >>> >>> Benoit >>> >>> >>> >>> 2015-07-28 20:01 GMT+02:00 Ken Barclay <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I upgraded a small test cluster from HDP 2.1 to HDP 2.2 and Ambari >>>> 2.0.1. In following the steps to replace Nagios + Ganglia with the Ambari >>>> Metrics System using the Ambari Wizard, an install failure occurred on one >>>> node due to an outdated glibc library. I updated glibc and verified the >>>> Metrics packages could be installed, but couldn’t go back and finish the >>>> installation through the wizard. The problem is: it flags some of the >>>> default settings, saying they need to be changed, but it skips past the >>>> screen very quickly that enables those settings to be changed, without >>>> allowing anything to be entered. So the button that allows you to proceed >>>> with the installation never becomes enabled. >>>> >>>> I subsequently manually finished the Metrics installation using the >>>> Ambari API and have it running in Distributed mode. But Ambari’s wizard >>>> cannot be used for anything now: the same problem described above >>>> occurs for every service I try to install. >>>> >>>> Can Ambari be reset somehow in this situation, or do I need to >>>> reinstall it? >>>> Or do you recommend installing 2.1? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Ken >>>> >>> >>> >>
