HA cannot formt standby namenode

[#1]

Hi,

I change my cluster to HA and it failed on bootstrapping the standby namenode.

Failed to bootstrap Standby NameNode namenode (nrmcdhnn02): STARTUP_MSG:   build = http://github.com/cloudera/hadoop -r b739cd891f6269da5dd22766d7e75bd2c9db73b6; compiled by 'jenkins' on 2015-07-07T00:02Z
STARTUP_MSG:   java = 1.7.0_67
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15/08/18 15:25:15 INFO namenode.NameNode: registered UNIX signal handlers for [TERM, HUP, INT]
15/08/18 15:25:15 INFO namenode.NameNode: createNameNode [-bootstrapStandby, -nonInteractive]
15/08/18 15:25:16 INFO ha.BootstrapStandby: The active NameNode is in Upgrade. Prepare the upgrade for the standby NameNode as well.
15/08/18 15:25:16 INFO common.Storage: Lock on /cdh/hdfs/1/namenode2/in_use.lock acquired by nodename 18683@cdhnn02
The original storage directory is not formatted.
Running in non-interactive mode, and data appears to exist in Storage Directory /cdh/hdfs/1/namenode2. Not formatting.
15/08/18 15:25:16 INFO util.ExitUtil: Exiting with status 5
15/08/18 15:25:16 INFO namenode.NameNode: SHUTDOWN_MSG: 
/************************************************************
SHUTDOWN_MSG: Shutting down NameNode at cdhnn02
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When I try to start nn2, it states that it's not formatted.

Lock on /cdh/hdfs/1/namenode/in_use.lock acquired by nodename 2172@cdhnn02

Encountered exception loading fsimage
java.io.IOException: NameNode is not formatted.
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:212)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.loadFSImage(FSNamesystem.java:1061)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.loadFromDisk(FSNamesystem.java:765)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.loadNamesystem(NameNode.java:584)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:643)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:810)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:794)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:1487)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:1553)

 Any suggestions? (CDH 5.4.4)

Thanks,

Eugene

[#2 · Accepted solution]

I copied dfs directory from the active namenode to the standby namenode and restarted it. 

It solved the problem. Thanks.