HDFS name node events

The following table lists the events that are created for the HDFS name node component.

Table 1. Events for the HDFS name node component
Event Event
Type
Severity Call Home Details
hdfs_namenode_active STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is ACTIVE.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is in ACTIVE state, as expected.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_config_missing STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode configuration for cluster {0} is missing.
Description: The HDFS NameNode configuration for the HDFS cluster is missing on this node.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs config get core-site.xml -k dfs.nameservices command did not report a valid HDFS cluster name.
User Action: Ensure that the configuration is uploaded by using the
mmhdfs
command.
hdfs_namenode_error STATE_CHANGE ERROR no Message: HDFS NameNode health for HDFS cluster {0} is invalid.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service has an invalid health state.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command returned with error.
User Action: Validate that the HDFS configuration is valid and try to start the NameNode service manually.
hdfs_namenode_failed STATE_CHANGE ERROR no Message: HDFS NameNode health for HDFS cluster {0} failed.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is failed.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command returned a FAILED healthState.
User Action: Start the Hadoop NameNode service.
hdfs_namenode_initializing STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is INITIALIZING.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is in INITIALIZING state.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_krb_auth_failed STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode check health state failed with kinit error for cluster {0}.
Description: The kerberos authentication that is required to query whether the health state is failed.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command failed with rc=2 (kinit error).
User Action: Ensure that the that the 'KINIT_KEYTAB' and 'KINIT_PRINCIPAL' Hadoop environment variables are correctly configured in the 'hadoop-env.sh'.
hdfs_namenode_ok STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode health for HDFS cluster {0} is OK.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is running.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_process_down STATE_CHANGE ERROR no Message: HDFS NameNode process for HDFS cluster {0} is down.
Description: The HDFS NameNode process is down.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/bin/hdfs --daemon status namenode command reported that the process is dead.
User Action: Start the Hadoop NameNode process by using the mmces service start hdfs command.
hdfs_namenode_process_unknown STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode process for HDFS cluster {0} is unknown.
Description: The HDFS NameNode process is unknown.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/bin/hdfs --daemon status namenode command reported unexpected results.
User Action: Check the HDFS Namenode service and if needed, then restart it by using the mmces service start hdfs command.
hdfs_namenode_process_up STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode process for HDFS cluster {0} is OK.
Description: The HDFS NameNode process is running.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_standby STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is in STANDBY.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is in STANDBY state, as expected.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_stopping STATE_CHANGE INFO no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is STOPPING.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is in STOPPING state.
Cause: N/A
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_unauthorized STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode check health state failed for cluster {0}.
Description: Failed to query the health state because of missing or wrong authentication token.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command failed with rc=3 (permission error).
User Action: Ensure that the 'KINIT_KEYTAB' and 'KINIT_PRINCIPAL' Hadoop environment variables are configured in the 'hadoop-env.sh'.
hdfs_namenode_unknown_state STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is UNKNOWN.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service is in UNKNOWN state, as expected.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command returned an UNKNOWN serviceState.
User Action: N/A
hdfs_namenode_wrong_state STATE_CHANGE WARNING no Message: HDFS NameNode service state for HDFS cluster {0} is unexpected {1}.
Description: The HDFS NameNode service state is not as expected. For example, in STANDBY but is supposed to be ACTIVE or vice versa.
Cause: The /usr/lpp/mmfs/hadoop/sbin/mmhdfs monitor checkHealth -Y command returned serviceState, which does not match the expected state when looking at the assigned CES IP attributes.
User Action: N/A