Great Info. Have one confusion. Can we start/stop services manully which was insstaled using parcles? If yes what are the  configuration need to do? ... View more

i'am using cloudera manager5.10 on ubuntu 14.04 i want to reduce the memory size of hdfs and kafka , any help please ? ... View more

If you choose to use a custom Java location, modify the host configuration to ensure the JDK can be found: Open the Cloudera Manager Admin Console. In the main navigation bar, click the Hosts tab and optionally click a specific host link. Click the Configuration tab. Select Category > Advanced. Set the Java Home Directory property to the custom location. Click Save Changes. ... View more

@Fawze,   Currently, LDAP authentication for Cloudera Manager is only available in Cloudera Enterprise as outlined here:   https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/cm_ig_feature_differences.html   If you wish to discuss licensing options with Sales, the following form can be used:   https://www.cloudera.com/contact-sales.html   Ben     ... View more

This is fantastic Bgooley! Your solution worked.  The cloned VM indeed had the same UUID as the parent. As per your instructions, we stopped the scm agent, deleted the uuid and restarted scm agent. We then added the node to the cluster via Cloudera Manager and it got registered correctly. We can now see both the VM nodes.   Thank you so much! Appreciate your help. ... View more

>When you mention you are seeing the same problem, does the solution not work for yhou?    yum will not work on ubuntu right? so i need to know the corresponding apt-get commands to do this.   i would like clear instructions so that i delete only a particular version without disturbing the other version.   >When using parcels with Cloudera Manager, it is possible to have many different parcels distributed in the cluster. > Are you using parcels or packages for CDH?  Could you explain what steps you attempted to use to upgrade or >what guide you followed?   I used packages. as in :  http://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/cm_ig_install_path_b.html   During the install it failed a few times due to various reasons. so in those few days of various attempts, i guess that the latest version changed and i wound up with two versions on a host. ... View more

I have the same issue using 5.5 quickstart VM. Unfortunately downloading and activating the parcels do not resolve the issue.   Every time when VM is started, the status becomes unknow, and it is fine after manually restart the Cloudera Management Service. The error is 'com.cloudera.cmf.BasicScmProxy connection refused'. It is such a bad experience of starting using Cloudera. ... View more

Try this one:   http://www.cloudera.com/documentation/manager/5-1-x/Configuring-Hadoop-Security-with-Cloudera-Manager/cm5chs_enable_security_s8.html ... View more

Sorry the Error message looks like this ============= Driver Version: V2.5.12.1005 Running connectivity tests... Attempting connection Failed to establish connection SQLSTATE: HY000[Cloudera][HiveODBC] (34) Error from Hive: ETIMEDOUT. TESTS COMPLETED WITH ERROR ===================== ... View more