[HDFS-8067] haadmin prints out stale help messages

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Target Version/s: 2.8.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ajith S
• Reporter: Ajith S
• Created: 06/Apr/15 12:22
• Updated: 05/Dec/16 04:15
• Resolved: 08/May/15 05:19

Description

Scenario : Setting up multiple nameservices with HA configuration for each nameservice (manual failover)
After starting the journal nodes and namenodes, both the nodes are in standby mode.

all the following haadmin commands

haadmin
-transitionToActive
-transitionToStandby
-failover
-getServiceState
-checkHealth

failed with exception
Illegal argument: Unable to determine the nameservice id.

Issue Links

• is broken by: HDFS-7808 Remove obsolete -ns options in in DFSHAAdmin.java
• is related to: HDFS-7324 haadmin command usage prints incorrect command name