Ambari Troubleshooting Guide
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2014-07-15
Abstract
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Contents
- 1. Troubleshooting Ambari Deployments
- 1. Reviewing Ambari Log Files
- 2. Resolving Ambari Installer Problems
- 2.1. Problem: Browser crashed before Install Wizard completes
- 2.2. Problem: Install Wizard reports that the cluster install has failed
- 2.3. Problem: Ambari Agents May Fail to Register with Ambari Server.
- 2.4. Problem: The “yum install ambari-server” Command Fails
- 2.5. Problem: HDFS Smoke Test Fails
- 2.6. Problem: yum Fails on Free Disk Space Check
- 2.7. Problem: The HCatalog Daemon Metastore Smoke Test Fails
- 2.8. Problem: A service with a customized service user is not appearing properly in Ambari Web
- 3. Resolving Cluster Deployment Problems
- 3.1. Problem: Trouble Starting Ambari on System Reboot
- 3.2. Problem: Metrics and Host information display incorrectly in Ambari Web
- 3.3. Problem: On SUSE 11 Ambari Agent crashes within the first 24 hours
- 3.4. Problem: Attempting to Start HBase REST server causes either REST server or Ambari Web to fail
- 3.5. Problem: Multiple Ambari Agent processes are running, causing re-register
- 3.6. Problem: Some graphs do not show a complete hour of data until the cluster has been running for an hour
- 3.7. Problem: Ambari stops MySQL database during deployment, causing Ambari Server to crash.
- 3.8. Problem: Service Fails with Unknown Host Exception
- 3.9. Problem: Cluster Install Fails with Groupmod Error
- 3.10. Problem: Host registration fails during Agent bootstrap on SLES due to timeout.
- 4. Resolving General Problems
