Hello @hbasetest You wish to enable Normalizer at Cluster Level irrespective of the Table Level Setting i.e. NORMALIZATION_ENABLED be True or False. As far as I believe, We would require Table Level enabling.   Having said that, If you can Open a Post on the same by using the Steps shared by @VidyaSargur, Our fellow Community Gurus can get back to you sooner, as compared to a Comment on an Article written in 2016.  ... View more

@simran_k   format your namenode by using below command:   $ bin/hdfs namenode -format ... View more

@kramakrishnan thanks. This helps. ... View more