> lemme ask this first: Is is mandatory that the Tez UI be up an running >for this to work?
Nope. The UI is entirely optional. Although you might want to be double-sure and disable the UI's data writer too. <property><name>tez.history.logging.service.class</name> <value>org.apache.tez.dag.history.logging.impl.SimpleHistoryLoggingService< /value></property> Cheers, Gopal
