Hi Sean,   I tried your solution but still having the issue:    [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ sudo service hive-server2 status Hive Server2 is dead and pid file exists                   [FAILED] [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ sudo service hive-server2 restart Stopped Hive Server2:                                      [  OK  ] Started Hive Server2 (hive-server2):                       [  OK  ] [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ beeline -u jdbc:hive2://quickstart:10000/default -n admin -d org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver Connecting to jdbc:hive2://quickstart:10000/default Error: Could not open client transport with JDBC Uri: jdbc:hive2://quickstart:10000/default: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (state=08S01,code=0) Beeline version 1.1.0-cdh5.4.2 by Apache Hive 0: jdbc:hive2://quickstart:10000/default (closed)>   I have pasted the hive-server2.log from the /var/log/hive  folder for your review.  2016-01-30 17:39:12,265 INFO [main]: session.SessionState (SessionState.java:createPath(586)) - Created local directory: /tmp/152e254c-d379-4892-b45e-343f5da5b2c6_resources 2016-01-30 17:39:12,326 WARN [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:startHiveServer2(339)) - Error starting HiveServer2 on attempt 1, will retry in 60 seconds java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException): Cannot create directory /tmp/hive/hive/152e254c-d379-4892-b45e-343f5da5b2c6. Name node is in safe mode. The reported blocks 430 needs additional 2 blocks to reach the threshold 0.9990 of total blocks 432. The number of live datanodes 1 has reached the minimum number 0. Safe mode will be turned off automatically once the thresholds have been reached. at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkNameNodeSafeMode(FSNamesystem.java:1413) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirsInt(FSNamesystem.java:4302) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:4277) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:852) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.mkdirs(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:321) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:601) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:619) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1060) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2044) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2040) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1671) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2038) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:472) at org.apache.hive.service.cli.CLIService.applyAuthorizationConfigPolicy(CLIService.java:124) at org.apache.hive.service.cli.CLIService.init(CLIService.java:111) at org.apache.hive.service.CompositeService.init(CompositeService.java:59) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.init(HiveServer2.java:92) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.startHiveServer2(HiveServer2.java:309) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.access$400(HiveServer2.java:68) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2$StartOptionExecutor.execute(HiveServer2.java:523) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.main(HiveServer2.java:396) 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.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException): Cannot create directory /tmp/hive/hive/152e254c-d379-4892-b45e-343f5da5b2c6. Name node is in safe mode. The reported blocks 430 needs additional 2 blocks to reach the threshold 0.9990 of total blocks 432. The number of live datanodes 1 has reached the minimum number 0. Safe mode will be turned off automatically once the thresholds have been reached. at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkNameNodeSafeMode(FSNamesystem.java:1413) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirsInt(FSNamesystem.java:4302) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:4277) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:852) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.mkdirs(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:321) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:601) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:619) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1060) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2044) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2040) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1671) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2038) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1468) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1399) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:232) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy17.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:539) 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.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invokeMethod(RetryInvocationHandler.java:187) at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invoke(RetryInvocationHandler.java:102) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy18.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.primitiveMkdir(DFSClient.java:2760) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.mkdirs(DFSClient.java:2731) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$17.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:870) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$17.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:866) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystemLinkResolver.resolve(FileSystemLinkResolver.java:81) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirsInternal(DistributedFileSystem.java:866) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirs(DistributedFileSystem.java:859) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.createPath(SessionState.java:584) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.createSessionDirs(SessionState.java:526) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:458) ... 14 more 2016-01-30 17:40:12,477 INFO [main]: session.SessionState (SessionState.java:createPath(586)) - Created local directory: /tmp/8c30b4a1-7572-4fac-ab83-57759f295b38_resources 2016-01-30 17:40:12,481 WARN [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:startHiveServer2(339)) - Error starting HiveServer2 on attempt 2, will retry in 60 seconds java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException): Cannot create directory /tmp/hive/hive/8c30b4a1-7572-4fac-ab83-57759f295b38. Name node is in safe mode. The reported blocks 430 needs additional 2 blocks to reach the threshold 0.9990 of total blocks 432. The number of live datanodes 1 has reached the minimum number 0. Safe mode will be turned off automatically once the thresholds have been reached. at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkNameNodeSafeMode(FSNamesystem.java:1413) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirsInt(FSNamesystem.java:4302) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:4277) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:852) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.mkdirs(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:321) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:601) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:619) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1060) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2044) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2040) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1671) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2038) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:472) at org.apache.hive.service.cli.CLIService.applyAuthorizationConfigPolicy(CLIService.java:124) at org.apache.hive.service.cli.CLIService.init(CLIService.java:111) at org.apache.hive.service.CompositeService.init(CompositeService.java:59) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.init(HiveServer2.java:92) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.startHiveServer2(HiveServer2.java:309) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.access$400(HiveServer2.java:68) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2$StartOptionExecutor.execute(HiveServer2.java:523) at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.main(HiveServer2.java:396) 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.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException(org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SafeModeException): Cannot create directory /tmp/hive/hive/8c30b4a1-7572-4fac-ab83-57759f295b38. Name node is in safe mode. The reported blocks 430 needs additional 2 blocks to reach the threshold 0.9990 of total blocks 432. The number of live datanodes 1 has reached the minimum number 0. Safe mode will be turned off automatically once the thresholds have been reached. at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.checkNameNodeSafeMode(FSNamesystem.java:1413) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirsInt(FSNamesystem.java:4302) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.mkdirs(FSNamesystem.java:4277) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeRpcServer.mkdirs(NameNodeRpcServer.java:852) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.mkdirs(AuthorizationProviderProxyClientProtocol.java:321) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java:601) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos$ClientNamenodeProtocol$2.callBlockingMethod(ClientNamenodeProtocolProtos.java) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Server$ProtoBufRpcInvoker.call(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:619) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:1060) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2044) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:2040) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415) at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1671) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:2038) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1468) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1399) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:232) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy17.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.mkdirs(ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:539) 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.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invokeMethod(RetryInvocationHandler.java:187) at org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler.invoke(RetryInvocationHandler.java:102) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy18.mkdirs(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.primitiveMkdir(DFSClient.java:2760) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.mkdirs(DFSClient.java:2731) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$17.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:870) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem$17.doCall(DistributedFileSystem.java:866) at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystemLinkResolver.resolve(FileSystemLinkResolver.java:81) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirsInternal(DistributedFileSystem.java:866) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirs(DistributedFileSystem.java:859) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.createPath(SessionState.java:584) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.createSessionDirs(SessionState.java:526) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:458) ... 14 more Thank you in advance, Mayur J ... 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