[HDFS-2084] Sometimes backup node/secondary name node stops with exception

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Affects Version/s: 0.21.0
• Component/s: namenode

Environment

FreeBSD

• Tags: workaround
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vitalii Tymchyshyn
• Created: 20/Jun/11 16:21
• Updated: 01/Mar/15 08:07
• Resolved: 01/Mar/15 08:07

Description

2011-06-17 11:43:23,096 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Checkpointer: Throwable Exception in doCheckpoint:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedSetTimes(FSDirectory.java:1765)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedSetTimes(FSDirectory.java:1753)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLog.loadEditRecords(FSEditLog.java:708)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:411)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:378)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.loadFSEdits(FSImage.java:1209)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.BackupStorage.loadCheckpoint(BackupStorage.java:158)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Checkpointer.doCheckpoint(Checkpointer.java:243)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.Checkpointer.run(Checkpointer.java:141)