Hadoop-2.6.0 Namenode not getting formatted

5
votes

I have just install hadoop 2.6.0, While formating name node, it halts at following lines and no exit code returns.

STARTUP_MSG: build = https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop.git -r e3496499ecb8d220fba99dc5ed4c99c8f9e33bb1; compiled by 'jenkins' on 2014-11-13T21:10Z STARTUP_MSG: java = 1.7.0_79
************************************************************/
15/08/28 18:45:22 INFO namenode.NameNode: registered UNIX signal handlers for [TERM, HUP, INT]
15/08/28 18:45:22 INFO namenode.NameNode: createNameNode [–format]
Usage: java NameNode [-backup] |
[-checkpoint] |
[-format [-clusterid cid ] [-force] [-nonInteractive] ] |
[-upgrade [-clusterid cid] [-renameReserved] ] |
[-upgradeOnly [-clusterid cid] [-renameReserved] ] |
[-rollback] |
[-rollingUpgrade ] |
[-finalize] |
[-importCheckpoint] |
[-initializeSharedEdits] |
[-bootstrapStandby] |
[-recover [ -force] ] |
[-metadataVersion ] ]
15/08/28 18:45:22 INFO namenode.NameNode: SHUTDOWN_MSG:
/************************************************************
SHUTDOWN_MSG: Shutting down NameNode at workstation/127.0.1.1
************************************************************/

I am not be able to debug out of it, when run start-dfs.sh and start yarn.sh it start all demon except NameNode. Please help on the same.

2
javahadoophdfs
Sid, could you please provide command you used and relevant contents of $HADOOP_HOME/logs/hadoopnamenode.log file ? - Shubhangi
did you use -format or --format? - Shubhangi
Shubhangi, i had used -format - Sid
@Shubhangi is right - you used the equivalent of --format (long hyphen instead of the normal short one. This can happen when using a word processor for code instead of a text editor. - Robert Long

2 Answers

1
votes

Seems you used a wrong command.The commands related to hdfs are available in this url

Use any of the following command command 

hadoop namenode -format

OR

hdfs namenode -format
0
votes

15/08/28 18:45:22 INFO namenode.NameNode: createNameNode [–format]

This looks like the same problem detailed here, with solution here.

The problem is that you used the long hyphen "–" instead of the short hyphen (minus symbol) "-"

One way that this can happen is by using a word processor instead of a text editor.