Re: About formatting of namenode..

[Jyoti Yadav <ra...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Jitendra..
I could successfully format the namenode..
Thanks for your valueable suggestions..



On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Jitendra Yadav
<je...@gmail.com>wrote:

> It shouldn't create any issue, make sure you have all the dependent files
> available on HDFS.
>
> Thanks
> Jitendra
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Jyoti Yadav <ra...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jitendra..
>> If i format, will it create any side effect  to giraph job execution??I
>> think it wont create any problem but I am getting little bit scared.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Jitendra Yadav <
>> jeetuyadav200890@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jyoti,
>>>
>>> That's right you will lose all the HDFS data, therefore you need take
>>> backup of your critical data from HDFS to some other place. If you are
>>> using Logical volumes then it would better to add more space on the
>>> particular volume/mount point.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Jitendra
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Jyoti Yadav <rao.jyoti26yadav@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks..
>>>>
>>>> I have some doubt while thinking of formatting of namenode..
>>>>  Actually i am doing my project in Apache Giraph which makes use of
>>>> hadoop environment to run the job..
>>>>
>>>> While running various job,i noticed that
>>>>
>>>> /app/hadoop/tmp/dfs/name/data
>>>>    directory is almost full..
>>>>
>>>> Should i format my namenode??  Will it create any problem??
>>>> I know if i format ,i will lose all my data residing in hdfs.
>>>> Before formatting it,i will take backup of all the input files used to
>>>> run giraph job..
>>>>
>>>> Seeking your suggestions..
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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