https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/add-new-data-node-to-existing-cluster/m-p/213134#M175062 <P><EM><A href="@Harry Li"> @Harry Li</A><BR /></EM></P><P><EM>It's paramount that you first go through this <A href="https://community.hortonworks.com/articles/97234/adding-nodes-to-an-hdp-cluster.html" target="_blank"> check list</A> to prepare your new host to join the cluster. This is to avoid some frustrating errors especially having nonworking nodes in a cluster</EM></P><P><EM>This document with screenshots for <A href="https://markobigdata.com/2016/03/06/adding-new-datanode-to-the-cluster-using-ambari/" target="_blank"> adding a data node to an existing HDP cluster</A> looks good because the process is straightforward provided you followed the prerequisites.</EM></P><P><EM>HTH</EM></P> Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:16:14 GMT Shelton 2018-10-18T06:16:14Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/add-new-data-node-to-existing-cluster/m-p/213133#M175061 <P>I need to expand an existing cluster with additional data node. This question had been answered <A href="https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/87581/how-do-i-add-a-new-node-to-the-existing-cluster-wi.html">earlier</A>, but the document link is broken. Can anyone resend the link or help answer the question again?</P> Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:00:00 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/add-new-data-node-to-existing-cluster/m-p/213133#M175061 harry_li 2018-10-18T06:00:00Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/add-new-data-node-to-existing-cluster/m-p/213134#M175062 <P><EM><A href="@Harry Li"> @Harry Li</A><BR /></EM></P><P><EM>It's paramount that you first go through this <A href="https://community.hortonworks.com/articles/97234/adding-nodes-to-an-hdp-cluster.html" target="_blank"> check list</A> to prepare your new host to join the cluster. This is to avoid some frustrating errors especially having nonworking nodes in a cluster</EM></P><P><EM>This document with screenshots for <A href="https://markobigdata.com/2016/03/06/adding-new-datanode-to-the-cluster-using-ambari/" target="_blank"> adding a data node to an existing HDP cluster</A> looks good because the process is straightforward provided you followed the prerequisites.</EM></P><P><EM>HTH</EM></P> Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:16:14 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/add-new-data-node-to-existing-cluster/m-p/213134#M175062 Shelton 2018-10-18T06:16:14Z