Hi,   One reason may be that the clusters on which the mapReduce is running does not manage resolving the Azure storage DNS. You need to update the host file (whatever on Windows or Linux) to add: IP_Of_The_Storage DNS_Name_Of_The_Storage   It has probably be done on the machine you're runnig the command, but all the machine composing the cluter should be able to access and resolve the DNS. ... View more