question HDFS DN is writing into root-vg after disk failure in Support Questions

HDFS DN is writing into root-vg after disk failure

Timo — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:42:45 GMT

Hey there,

we're running a CDP PC Base Cluster in our datacenter. In the last months we saw serveral disks failing due to theire age. The Problem we had, is that, when a disk fails, HDFS DN and YARN NM creating directories in the root-vg of the node. During normal operations the DN has it directories on the grids (/grid/[0-16]/*).

Is there a parameter to prevent them of writing into the root-vg, when a grid points to the root-vg and not it's physical device under /dev/sd*?

Regards,

Timo

Re: HDFS DN is writing into root-vg after disk failure

ChethanYM — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:30:16 GMT

Hi @Timo ,

In Apache Hadoop, the directories where HDFS DataNodes and YARN NodeManagers store their data and logs are typically configured using the "dfs.datanode.data.dir" and "yarn.nodemanager.local-dirs" properties respectively.

To prevent HDFS DataNodes and YARN NodeManagers from writing data to the root-vg directory when disks fail, you should ensure that these properties are configured correctly to point to directories on the healthy disks or storage volumes.

-> Configure HDFS DataNode Data Directories:Set the "dfs.datanode.data.dir" property in "hdfs-site.xml" to specify the directories where HDFS DataNodes should store their data. Make sure to list the directories on the healthy disks or storage volumes.

-> Configure YARN NodeManager Local Directories:

Set the "yarn.nodemanager.local-dirs" property in "yarn-site.xml" to specify the directories where YARN NodeManagers should store their local data and logs. Again, ensure that these directories are on the healthy disks or storage volumes.

Regards,

Chethan YM

Re: HDFS DN is writing into root-vg after disk failure

VidyaSargur — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:31:08 GMT

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