I am using CDH 5.3.2. I am unable to set value for yarn.nodemanager.pmem-check-enabled through UI. I could add following to ResourceManager Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for yarn-site.xml and restarted it

<property>
<name>yarn.nodemanager.pmem-check-enabled</name>
<value>false</value>
</property>

However, I still see my apps getting killed due to physical limits being breached:

2015-07-27 18:53:46,528 [AMRM Callback Handler Thread] INFO HoyaAppMaster.yarn (HoyaAppMaster.java:onContainersCompleted(847)) - Container Completion for containerID=container_1437726395811_0116_01_000002, state=COMPLETE, exitStatus=-104, diagnostics=Container [pid=36891,containerID=container_1437726395811_0116_01_000002] is running beyond physical memory limits. Current usage: 1.0 GB of 1 GB physical memory used; 2.8 GB of 2.1 GB virtual memory used. Killing container.