[HDFS-3450] CLI checkpoint command in an HA cluster

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.1, 2.0.0-alpha
• Assignee: Andy Isaacson
• Reporter: Jonathan Natkins
• Created: 21/May/12 22:25
• Updated: 21/May/12 23:22

Description

In a non-HA cluster, it is possible to force a checkpoint via the SNN:
`hdfs secondarynamenode -checkpoint force`

However, in an HA cluster, there is no way to do this. It would be nice to have, so that the feature set doesn't change dramatically between HA/non-HA configurations.