Fail over scenarios

The solution deals with the following faults:

  • NameNode service failure

  • NameNode JVM failure

  • Hung NameNode daemon or hung operating system

  • NameNode operating system failure

  • Virtual machine failure

  • ESXi host failure

  • Failure of the NIC cards on ESXi hosts.

  • Network failure between ESXi hosts.

    [Note]Note

    Some double faults are not handled (such as failure of multiple ESXi hosts).