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Why am I getting disk usage alert?
Created on 07-20-2016 06:23 PM - edited 08-19-2019 01:29 AM
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I created 7 AWS EC2 instances (1 for ambari server and 6 for ambari agents) and installed HDP 2.4 using ambari. Now, when I open the ambari dashboard, it shows me critical alerts related to disk usage. It shows that the hosts have less than 6GB disk size. For example, the first host in the attached image shows "4.56 GB/5.63 (88.1% used)". How can I solve this problem?
Created 07-21-2016 02:43 PM
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Hi @Fish Berh
This explains why the alert is generated. You need to increase the space to stop these alerts.
Created on 07-20-2016 06:29 PM - edited 08-19-2019 01:29 AM
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The metrics for the first host in the attached image is shown below.
Created 07-20-2016 06:47 PM
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Can you get the o/p of command :
$hdfs dfsadmin -report
This will get us the actual state of disks. Also, we can then figure out if the alerts are stale.
- Also, if we are running out of disk, if would be good idea to increase your disk space.
Created on 07-20-2016 07:09 PM - edited 08-19-2019 01:29 AM
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I am getting the report below in the hosts
Created 07-20-2016 07:31 PM
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Missed on mentioning 'su hdfs', to get the full report:
Can you once again do:
$su hdfs
$hdfs dfsadmin -report
Created 07-21-2016 12:16 AM
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When I use the command $su hdfs, it asks me for password. However, I have not set any password.
Created 07-21-2016 03:11 AM
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@Fish Berh Did you "su hdfs" as root/admin user ?
Created on 07-21-2016 02:37 PM - edited 08-19-2019 01:28 AM
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I changed to root using "sudo su -", then ran the command "su hdfs", but I get an error message that user "hdfs" is not known.
Created 07-20-2016 06:48 PM
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Hi @Fish Berh
The default alert configuration for disk_usage is set like the one below:
I believe the minimum free space is kicking in here.
"AlertDefinition" : { "cluster_name" : "xxxxxxxxxx", "component_name" : "AMBARI_AGENT", "description" : "This host-level alert is triggered if the amount of disk space used goes above specific thresholds. The default threshold values are 50% for WARNING and 80% for CRITICAL", "enabled" : true, "id" : 48, "ignore_host" : false, "interval" : 1, "label" : "Host Disk Usage", "name" : "ambari_agent_disk_usage", "scope" : "HOST", "service_name" : "AMBARI", "source" : { "parameters" : [ { "name" : "minimum.free.space", "description" : "The overall amount of free disk space left before an alert is triggered.", "threshold" : "WARNING", "units" : "bytes", "display_name" : "Minimum Free Space", "type" : "NUMERIC", "value" : "5.0E9" }, { "name" : "percent.used.space.warning.threshold", "description" : "The percent of disk space consumed before a warning is triggered.", "threshold" : "WARNING", "units" : "%", "display_name" : "Warning", "type" : "PERCENT", "value" : “0.5” }, { "name" : "percent.free.space.critical.threshold", "description" : "The percent of disk space consumed before a critical alert is triggered.", "threshold" : "CRITICAL", "units" : "%", "display_name" : "Critical", "type" : "PERCENT", "value" : “0.8” } ], "path" : "alert_disk_space.py", "type" : "SCRIPT" } } }
Hope this helps.
Created on 07-20-2016 07:12 PM - edited 08-19-2019 01:29 AM
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But it is saying it has used 88.1% of 5.63 GB. But when I check the disk size in the terminals, I the report shown in the attachment
