@Maddy2 FYI ➤ Based on the logs you provided, your NameNode is failing to start because it has encountered a metadata inconsistency while replaying the Edit Logs. This is a critical issue where the NameNode's current state (from the FSImage) contradicts the instructions in the Edit Logs it is trying to process. ➤ The Root Cause The specific error is a java.lang.IllegalStateException during an OP_MKDIR operation (Transaction ID: 29731504). The NameNode is trying to create a directory (/tmp/hive/nifi/...), but the checkState fails because the parent directory for that path does not exist in the namespace it just loaded from the FSImage. This likely happened because: Disk Expansion/Reboot Out of Sync: When you expanded the disk and rebooted, one of the storage directories (/mnt/resource/hadoop/hdfs/namenode) was flagged as unformatted or empty. Metadata Corruption: There is a mismatch between your last successful checkpoint (fsimage_0000000000029731317) and the subsequent edits stored in your Journal Nodes. ➤ Recommended Solution: Metadata Recovery Since this is an HDP (Hortonworks Data Platform) cluster with High Availability (HA), you should attempt to recover by syncing from the "good" metadata or forcing a metadata skip. => Step 1: Identify the Healthy NameNode Ensure you are working on the NameNode that has the most recent and intact data. Check the other NameNode's logs to see if it also fails at the same Transaction ID. => Step 2:On Standby or failing Namenode kindly Check the permission of edits log and fsimage present in path dfs.namenode.name.dir and see if it matches with permission mentioned in Active Namenode =>Step 3: Bootstrap from the Standby (If HA is healthy) If one NameNode is able to start or has better metadata, you can re-sync the failing node: => Stop the failing NameNode. On the failing node, clear the NameNode storage directories (as defined in dfs.namenode.name.dir). Run the bootstrap command to pull metadata from the active/healthy NameNode: $ hdfs namenode -bootstrapStandby 4. Start the NameNode. ... View more