Not able to start namenode with start-all sh

Question

When i run

./start-all.sh

all the daemons are starting but namenode is not stopping

jps
8160 NodeManager
8464 Jps
7767 SecondaryNameNode
7927 ResourceManager
7576 DataNode

I tried stopping and then starting the daemons but no luck.

Answer 1

Try this:

stop all the daemons:

./stop-all.sh

format the namenode:

cd $HADOOP_HOME/bin
hadoop namenode -format

now start the daemons again

cd $HADOOP_HOME/sbin
./start-all.sh