@tigerpig  Actually you have several config file for RM under /etc/hadoop/conf dir this is mainly host all the core services configs , so you just only should make sure that you are using a proper config inside yarn-site.xml . inside that file you can specify the location of you RM . if possible attache you yarn-site.xml conf file here to validate .   also it's a good idea to check the logs for RM once you start it to see the reason of this start up failure .   ... View more

  Access logs from RM UI : Using RM UI > Applications > click on your failed application > application master > then goto the logs at the end of screen . - it's good idea to check your container logs which may shows whats happening .     - if you are using hive-tez kinda of issues appear if missing class , once the container start loading these class for tez , because count(*), insert queries will use yarn to submit new application ; so it's good check classpath for tez , and check if you have correct tez.tar.gz on the HDFS which contains all needed jars . ... View more

i've shared start hms with enabling debug mode please follow https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/hive-service-metastore/m-p/322941#M228976    if this resolve your issue please follow that case and accept this one  . ... View more

- so first thing you have to prepare your metastore using schematool as : ./schematool -initSchema -dbType mysql -verbose   - Use the command below to start up HMS and check the debug logs under hiveCLI : su -l hive -c "/<replace>/bin/hive --service metastore -hiveconf hive.log.file=debug_hms.log -hiveconf hive.log.dir=/var/log/hive/HMSdebug -hiveconf hive.root.logger=DEBUG,DRFA > /var/log/hive/hiveMS.out 2>/var/log/hive/hiveMS.log &" *make sure to replace it with correct hive path.   - if possible please share your hive config .   ... View more

@ikramboumediene  is it a fresh deployment ? ... View more

Go to your job from YARN UI >> and check the logs , it's good also to check the container logs . also make sure the there is queue mapping for your user ; and you are having resources for your job .   From the cli yarn logs -applicationId <your application ID>   ... View more

@Shifu  if this is the case i think that he will notice a msg shows an exception if related . ... View more