You should make sure that the region servers are actually trying to
connect to the master, once the log splitting is done it should be
instantaneous.

The logs (in a default setup) are in /hbase/.logs, just do a "hadoop
dfs -rmr /hbase/.logs" before starting the master or move them aside
(for future replay).

J-D

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Matthew LeMieux <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is my understanding that the log splitting going on is a process of taking 
> recent updates and applying those changes to the appropriate regions.  Is 
> there a way I can remove those "logs" or recent edits safely, so that the 
> master doesn't have to do any log splitting on start up?
>
> I am willing to lose a small amount of data just to be able to get back up 
> and running.    What kind of surgery would I need to do on the file system?
>
> -Matthew
>
> On Oct 3, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Matthew LeMieux wrote:
>
>> I probably wasn't clear on this in the previous message.  There are NO 
>> exceptions reported in the log file.  It appears as though the master is 
>> attempting to do the log splits (see below 21 of 36 at 2010-10-03 
>> 18:13:28,187), and then immediately transitions into the "Closed" messages, 
>> again with NO exceptions being reported - it just stops doing the log 
>> splitting.  After the "Closed" messages start there are no further log 
>> splitting messages in the log file.  It just does a series of those, and 
>> then moves on to reporting 0 region servers again.  Again, NO other messages 
>> are being sent to the log file.
>>
>> -Matthew
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Matthew LeMieux wrote:
>>
>>> It think it is a bit more serious than that.  Waiting doesn't appear to do 
>>> much.
>>>
>>> After a series of log messages that appear to be doing the splitting, the 
>>> "Closed",  messages appear:
>>>
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:26,664 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: 
>>> Recovering 
>>> filehdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820404595
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:26,701 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:26,872 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: Finished 
>>> lease recover attempt for 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.128482040459
>>> 5
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:27,500 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Pushed=5211 entries from 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.128482040459
>>> 5
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:27,500 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Splitting hlog 20 of 36: 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.128482041398
>>> 9, length=64550958
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:27,500 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: 
>>> Recovering 
>>> filehdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820413989
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:27,721 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: Finished 
>>> lease recover attempt for 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.128482041398
>>> 9
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:28,187 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Pushed=4555 entries from 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.128482041398
>>> 9
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:28,187 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Splitting hlog 21 of 36: 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820433464,
>>>  length=2373620705
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:28,187 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: 
>>> Recovering 
>>> filehdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820433464
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:28,391 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils: Finished 
>>> lease recover attempt for 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820433464
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,141 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Pushed=65522 entries from 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/.logs/domU-12-31-39-18-12-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1284222361677/10.104.37.247%3A60020.1284820433464
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,533 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/e2a8b3352d84523be7f43f966bde6ef1/recovered.edits/0000000000075378488
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,539 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/e3a7a269aa9f1b32de6b3add53cc5a30/recovered.edits/0000000000075400136
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,546 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/32d50d0d37a5ed3f89f17772678c4c20/recovered.edits/0000000000075400152
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,550 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/182719f8ad5c2c7da56bdd3987a4559c/recovered.edits/0000000000075471128
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,555 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/4148aa42cf9ac956c0e048b83ca6f186/recovered.edits/0000000000075463238
>>> 2010-10-03 18:13:42,560 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/dirgraph/9d4edffd841fb66c37ab5944f12ef911/recovered.edits/0000000000075393635
>>> 2
>>>
>>> Then the ONLY messages that are appear in the master's log file are these:
>>>
>>> 2010-10-03 18:55:27,130 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 18:56:27,140 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 18:57:27,150 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 18:58:27,160 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 18:59:27,170 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:00:27,180 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:01:27,190 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:02:27,200 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:03:27,215 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:04:27,225 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:05:27,235 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:06:27,245 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:07:27,255 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:08:27,265 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:09:27,275 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:10:27,285 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:11:27,295 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:12:27,305 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:13:27,315 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:14:27,325 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:15:27,335 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:16:27,348 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:17:27,358 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:18:27,368 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:19:27,378 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:20:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:21:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:22:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:23:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:24:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:25:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>> 2010-10-03 19:26:27,388 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 
>>> 0 region servers, 0 dead, average load NaN
>>>
>>> I'm not pulling any lines out, ALL regions servers are just waiting for the 
>>> master, with NO lines being written to the log file.  I tried killing the 
>>> master, and restarting, clearly the region servers are aware of the master, 
>>> but the master persists in not recognizing them:
>>>
>>> 2010-10-03 18:11:35,888 INFO 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Got ZooKeeper event, 
>>> state: SyncConnected, type: NodeDeleted, path: /hbase/master
>>> 2010-10-03 18:11:35,891 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWrapper: 
>>> <10.249.70.255:/hbase,domU-12-31-39-18-1B-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1286127632413>Set
>>>  watcher on master address ZNode /hbase/master
>>> 2010-10-03 18:12:26,697 INFO 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Got ZooKeeper event, 
>>> state: SyncConnected, type: NodeCreated, path: /hbase/master
>>> 2010-10-03 18:12:26,698 DEBUG 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWrapper: 
>>> <10.249.70.255:/hbase,domU-12-31-39-18-1B-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1286127632413>Read
>>>  ZNode /hbase/master got 10.104.37.247:60000
>>> 2010-10-03 18:12:26,698 INFO 
>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Telling master at 
>>> 10.104.37.247:60000 that we are up
>>>
>>> This is clearly a not a situation of just waiting it out.  A region server 
>>> killed itself, restarting the region server didn't get the cluster back up 
>>> and running.  I restarted everything from scratch, and that brings us to 
>>> the current state.  The machines are not doing anything, they have a load 
>>> average of 0.00 and cpu idle of more than 99%.
>>>
>>> What would cause the cluster to completely lock up and refuse to do 
>>> anything?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help,
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> On Oct 3, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans wrote:
>>>
>>>> From the brief looks of it, it seems that the master is splitting the
>>>> log files from the dead region server. It will do that while the
>>>> cluster is running and will keep answering the other region servers,
>>>> but if you restart HBase then when the master starts it will split
>>>> everything before starting to take region server checkins. Just let
>>>> the master finish it's job. Look for this message that tells you which
>>>> region server's hlogs are being split:
>>>>
>>>> LOG.info("Splitting " + logfiles.length + " hlog(s) in " + 
>>>> srcDir.toString());
>>>>
>>>> Then this message will show when it's done:
>>>>
>>>> LOG.info("hlog file splitting completed in " + (endMillis - millis) +
>>>> " millis for " + srcDir.toString());
>>>>
>>>> J-D
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Matthew LeMieux <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I've recently had a region server suicide, and am not able to recover 
>>>>> from it.  I've tried completely stopping the entire cluster and 
>>>>> restarting it (including dfs and zk), but the master refuses to recognize 
>>>>> the regionservers.
>>>>>
>>>>> The region servers appear to just be waiting for the master with this in 
>>>>> their log file:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:40:32,748 DEBUG 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWrapper: 
>>>>> <10.249.70.255:/hbase,domU-12-31-39-18-1B-05.compute-1.internal,60020,1286127632413>Read
>>>>>  ZNode /hbase/master got 10.104.37.247:60000
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:40:32,749 INFO 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Telling master at 
>>>>> 10.104.37.247:60000 that we are up
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:40:32,862 INFO 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ShutdownHook: Installed shutdown 
>>>>> hook thread: Shutdownhook:regionserver60020
>>>>>
>>>>> ... and the the master log file just keeps repeating this:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:42:15,531 INFO 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 0 region servers, 0 dead, 
>>>>> average load NaN
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:43:15,541 INFO 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerManager: 0 region servers, 0 dead, 
>>>>> average load NaN
>>>>>
>>>>> After many lines of this sort of thing:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:41:05,179 DEBUG 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Split writer thread for 
>>>>> region 
>>>>> user,\x01\x88\xFB\xCA,1281914437530.3901f9eb92c049a295aeec3a7e739fe2. got 
>>>>> 11 to process
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:41:05,180 DEBUG 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Split writer thread for 
>>>>> region 
>>>>> user,\x01\x88\xFB\xCA,1281914437530.3901f9eb92c049a295aeec3a7e739fe2. 
>>>>> Applied 11 total edits to 
>>>>> user,\x01\x88\xFB\xCA,1281914437530.3901f9eb92c049a295ae
>>>>>
>>>>> Followed by many lines of this:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:41:24,719 DEBUG 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/user/7b49d357be708d07e6f01843a35286a7/recovered.edits/0000000000075377494
>>>>> 2010-10-03 17:41:24,724 DEBUG 
>>>>> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal.HLog: Closed 
>>>>> hdfs://domU-12-31-39-03-44-F1.compute-1.internal:9000/hbase/user/3a58b7adcf049800be83425e75288eeb/recovered.edits/0000000000075377495
>>>>>
>>>>> As one might expect, attempts to achbase hang, for example:
>>>>>
>>>>> HBase Shell; enter 'help<RETURN>' for list of supported commands.
>>>>> Type "exit<RETURN>" to leave the HBase Shell
>>>>> Version: 0.89.20100924, r1001068, Fri Sep 24 13:55:42 PDT 2010
>>>>>
>>>>> hbase(main):001:0> list
>>>>> TABLE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using CDH3b2 for hdfs and the version of hbase from here:  
>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~jdcryans/hbase-0.89.20100924-candidate-1
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on how I can get the master to recognize the region servers?  
>>>>> I'm really just concerned with how to get back up and running.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Matthew
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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