[HIVE-9566] HiveServer2 fails to start with NullPointerException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.14.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.0.0
• Component/s: HiveServer2
• Assignee: Na Yang
• Reporter: Na Yang
• Created: 03/Feb/15 19:48
• Updated: 16/Feb/16 23:52
• Resolved: 30/Jun/15 12:18

Description

hiveserver2 uses embedded metastore with default hive-site.xml configuration.

I use "hive --stop --service hiveserver2" command to stop the running hiveserver2 process and then use "hive --start --service hiveserver2" command to start the hiveserver2 service. I see the following exception in the hive.log file

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.stop(HiveServer2.java:104)
        at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.startHiveServer2(HiveServer2.java:138)
        at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.main(HiveServer2.java:171)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:212) 

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