问题一：

namenode无法启动，查看日志，错误信息如下：

org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem: FSNamesystem initialization failed.

java.io.IOException: NameNode is not formatted.
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:317)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:87)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.initialize(FSNamesystem.java:311)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:292)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:201)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:279)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:956)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:965)
2013-01-19 00:34:55,813 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: Stopping server on 9000
2013-01-19 00:34:55,814 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: java.io.IOException: NameNode is not formatted.
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:317)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:87)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.initialize(FSNamesystem.java:311)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:292)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:201)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:279)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:956)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:965)

问题的原因：原来是修改了配置文件中的tmp目录后没有对hdfs做初始化，导致启动hadoop时报namenode没有初始化的错误。

解决办法：删除hadoop/tmp目录下的dfs和mapred文件夹，然后格式化hadoop

rm -rf dfs/

rm -rf mapred/

bin/./hadoop namenode -format 

ok，但是有时候会引起问题二。

问题二：

datanode无法启动

查看日志如下错误

ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode: java.io.IOException: Incompatible namespaceIDs in /home/admin/joe.wangh/hadoop/data/dfs.data.dir: namenode namespaceID = 898136669; datanode namespaceID = 2127444065 
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataStorage.doTransition(DataStorage.java:233)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataStorage.recoverTransitionRead(DataStorage.java:148)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.startDataNode(DataNode.java:288)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.<init>(DataNode.java:206)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.makeInstance(DataNode.java:1239)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.instantiateDataNode(DataNode.java:1194)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.createDataNode(DataNode.java:1202)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode.main(DataNode.java:1324)

错误提示namespaceIDs不一致。

问题产生原因：每次namenode format会重新创建一个namenodeId,而tmp/dfs/data下包含了上次format下的id,namenode format清空了namenode下的数据,但是没有清空datanode下的数据,所以造成namenode节点上的namespaceID与datanode节点上的namespaceID不一致。启动失败。

Workaround 1: Start from scratch

I can testify that the following steps solve this error, but the side effects won‘t make you happy (me neither). The crude workaround I have found is to:

1.     stop the cluster

2.     delete the data directory on the problematic datanode: the directory is specified by dfs.data.dir in conf/hdfs-site.xml; if you followed this tutorial, the relevant directory is /usr/local/hadoop-datastore/hadoop-hadoop/dfs/data

3.     reformat the namenode (NOTE: all HDFS data is lost during this process!)

4.     restart the cluster

When deleting all the HDFS data and starting from scratch does not sound like a good idea (it might be ok during the initial setup/testing), you might give the second approach a try.

Workaround 2: Updating namespaceID of problematic datanodes

Big thanks to Jared Stehler for the following suggestion. I have not tested it myself yet, but feel free to try it out and send me your feedback. This workaround is "minimally invasive" as you only have to edit one file on the problematic datanodes:

1.     stop the datanode

2.     edit the value of namespaceID in <dfs.data.dir>/current/VERSION to match the value of the current namenode

3.     restart the datanode

If you followed the instructions in my tutorials, the full path of the relevant file is /usr/local/hadoop-datastore/hadoop-hadoop/dfs/data/current/VERSION (background: dfs.data.dir is by default set to ${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/data, and we set hadoop.tmp.dir to /usr/local/hadoop-datastore/hadoop-hadoop).

If you wonder how the contents of VERSION look like, here‘s one of mine:

#contents of <dfs.data.dir>/current/VERSION

namespaceID=393514426

storageID=DS-1706792599-10.10.10.1-50010-1204306713481

cTime=1215607609074

storageType=DATA_NODE

layoutVersion=-13

我们采用方法一：

(1)停掉集群服务

　　(2)在出问题的datanode节点上删除data目录，data目录即是在hdfs-site.xml文件中配置的dfs.data.dir目录，本机器上那个是/var/lib/hadoop-0.20/cache/hdfs/dfs/data/ (注：我们当时在所有的datanode和namenode节点上均执行了该步骤。以防删掉后不成功，可以先把data目录保存一个副本).

　　(3)格式化namenode.

　　(4)重新启动集群。

　　问题解决。

这种方法带来的一个副作用即是，hdfs上的所有数据丢失。如果hdfs上存放有重要数据的时候，不建议采用该方法，可以尝试提供的网址中的第二种方法。

namenode 和datanode无法启动，错误：FSNamesystem initialization failed. datanode.DataNode: Incompatible namespaceIDs