[AMBARI-2847] Restart service component fails if pid is reallocated

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: ambari-agent
• Assignee: Siddharth Wagle
• Reporter: Siddharth Wagle
• Created: 08/Aug/13 19:48
• Updated: 08/Aug/13 21:34
• Resolved: 08/Aug/13 21:34

Description

1. Stop secondary namenode.
2. Edit the pid file, default location = /var/run/hadoop/hdfs/hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode.pid
3. Change the pid to any other process pid that is currently running.
4. Start secondary namenode.

Outcome:
Secondary namenode start command succeeds but secondary namenode does not start.
(indicated by live status of the component).