apache/hadoop · error · IOException

{} job failed!

Error message

{} job failed!

What it means

Error "{} job failed!" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/gridmix/Gridmix.java:251

  // Launch Input/DistCache Data Generation job and wait for completion
  void launchGridmixJob(GridmixJob job)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    submitter.add(job);

    // TODO add listeners, use for job dependencies
    try {
      while (!job.isSubmitted()) {
        try {
            Thread.sleep(100); // sleep
          } catch (InterruptedException ie) {}
      }
      // wait for completion
      job.getJob().waitForCompletion(false);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      throw new IOException("Internal error", e);
    }
    if (!job.getJob().isSuccessful()) {
      throw new IOException(job.getJob().getJobName() + " job failed!");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Create an appropriate {@code JobStoryProducer} object for the
   * given trace.
   * 
   * @param traceIn the path to the trace file. The special path
   * "-" denotes the standard input stream.
   *
   * @param conf the configuration to be used.
   *
   * @throws IOException if there was an error.
   */
  protected JobStoryProducer createJobStoryProducer(String traceIn,
      Configuration conf) throws IOException {
    if ("-".equals(traceIn)) {
      return new ZombieJobProducer(System.in, null);

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Solutions

1. Inspect the failed job's logs in the cluster to find the root cause; Gridmix reports the job failure state.

When it happens

Trigger: A Gridmix sub-job (load or sleep job) submitted to the cluster finishes with a non-success status, causing the overall Gridmix run to fail.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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