apache/hadoop · error · IOException

Found no edit logs to download on NN since txid ${sig.mostRe

Error message

Found no edit logs to download on NN since txid ${sig.mostRecentCheckpointTxId}

What it means

Error "Found no edit logs to download on NN since txid ${sig.mostRecentCheckpointTxId}" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/SecondaryNameNode.java:399

  }

  /**
   * Download <code>fsimage</code> and <code>edits</code>
   * files from the name-node.
   * @return true if a new image has been downloaded and needs to be loaded
   * @throws IOException
   */
  static boolean downloadCheckpointFiles(
      final URL nnHostPort,
      final FSImage dstImage,
      final CheckpointSignature sig,
      final RemoteEditLogManifest manifest
  ) throws IOException {
    
    // Sanity check manifest - these could happen if, eg, someone on the
    // NN side accidentally rmed the storage directories
    if (manifest.getLogs().isEmpty()) {
      throw new IOException("Found no edit logs to download on NN since txid " 
          + sig.mostRecentCheckpointTxId);
    }
    
    long expectedTxId = sig.mostRecentCheckpointTxId + 1;
    if (manifest.getLogs().get(0).getStartTxId() != expectedTxId) {
      throw new IOException("Bad edit log manifest (expected txid = " +
          expectedTxId + ": " + manifest);
    }

    try {
        Boolean b = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().doAs(
            new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Boolean>() {
  
          @Override
          public Boolean run() throws Exception {
            dstImage.getStorage().cTime = sig.cTime;

            // get fsimage

View on GitHub (pinned to 2add963021)

Solutions

1. Ensure edit logs since the last checkpoint txid exist on the NameNode/JournalNodes and are reachable, then retry the checkpoint.

When it happens

Trigger: The SecondaryNameNode checkpoint finds no edit log files to download newer than its last checkpoint.

Common situations: Edits retention removed logs, JournalNodes unavailable, or checkpoint running against the wrong NN address.

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