[HDFS-3247] Improve bootstrapStandby behavior when original NN is not active

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Component/s: ha
• Target Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 10/Apr/12 19:52
• Updated: 28/Sep/15 20:58
• Resolved: 11/Apr/12 05:26

Description

Currently, if you run bootstrapStandby while the first NN is in standby mode, it will spit out an ugly StandbyException with a trace. Instead, it should print an explanation that you should transition the first NN to active before bootstrapping.