[HADOOP-1224] "Browse the filesystem" link pointing to a dead data-node

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Assignee: Enis Soztutar
• Reporter: Konstantin Shvachko
• Created: 06/Apr/07 22:51
• Updated: 31/Aug/12 03:42
• Resolved: 07/May/07 20:59

Description

On the NameNode status web page "Browse the filesystem" link can point to a dead data-node.
The reason for that is that FSNamesystem.randomDataNode() selects a random node from the
list of all nodes rather then selecting among alive nodes only.