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<h1>Apache Kudu Administration</h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_starting_and_stopping_kudu_processes"><a class="link" href="#_starting_and_stopping_kudu_processes">Starting and Stopping Kudu Processes</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
These instructions are relevant only when Kudu is installed using operating system packages
(e.g. <code>rpm</code> or <code>deb</code>).
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_kudu_web_interfaces"><a class="link" href="#_kudu_web_interfaces">Kudu Web Interfaces</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu tablet servers and masters expose useful operational information on a built-in web interface,</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_kudu_master_web_interface"><a class="link" href="#_kudu_master_web_interface">Kudu Master Web Interface</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu master processes serve their web interface on port 8051. The interface exposes several pages
with information about the cluster state:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>A list of tablet servers, their host names, and the time of their last heartbeat.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A list of tables, including schema and tablet location information for each.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>SQL code which you can paste into Impala Shell to add an existing table to Impala&#8217;s list of known data sources.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_kudu_tablet_server_web_interface"><a class="link" href="#_kudu_tablet_server_web_interface">Kudu Tablet Server Web Interface</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Each tablet server serves a web interface on port 8050. The interface exposes information
about each tablet hosted on the server, its current state, and debugging information
about maintenance background operations.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_common_web_interface_pages"><a class="link" href="#_common_web_interface_pages">Common Web Interface Pages</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Both Kudu masters and tablet servers expose a common set of information via their web interfaces:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>HTTP access to server logs.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>an <code>/rpcz</code> endpoint which lists currently running RPCs via JSON.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>pages giving an overview and detailed information on the memory usage of different
components of the process.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>information on the current set of configuration flags.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>information on the currently running threads and their resource consumption.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>a JSON endpoint exposing metrics about the server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>information on the deployed version number of the daemon.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>These interfaces are linked from the landing page of each daemon&#8217;s web UI.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_kudu_metrics"><a class="link" href="#_kudu_metrics">Kudu Metrics</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu daemons expose a large number of metrics. Some metrics are associated with an entire
server process, whereas others are associated with a particular tablet replica.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_listing_available_metrics"><a class="link" href="#_listing_available_metrics">Listing available metrics</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The full set of available metrics for a Kudu server can be dumped via a special command
line flag:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ kudu-tserver --dump_metrics_json
$ kudu-master --dump_metrics_json</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>This will output a large JSON document. Each metric indicates its name, label, description,
units, and type. Because the output is JSON-formatted, this information can easily be
parsed and fed into other tooling which collects metrics from Kudu servers.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_collecting_metrics_via_http"><a class="link" href="#_collecting_metrics_via_http">Collecting metrics via HTTP</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Metrics can be collected from a server process via its HTTP interface by visiting
<code>/metrics</code>. The output of this page is JSON for easy parsing by monitoring services.
This endpoint accepts several <code>GET</code> parameters in its query string:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>/metrics?metrics=&lt;substring1&gt;,&lt;substring2&gt;,&#8230;&#8203;</code> - limits the returned metrics to those which contain
at least one of the provided substrings. The substrings also match entity names, so this
may be used to collect metrics for a specific tablet.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>/metrics?include_schema=1</code> - includes metrics schema information such as unit, description,
and label in the JSON output. This information is typically elided to save space.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>/metrics?compact=1</code> - eliminates unnecessary whitespace from the resulting JSON, which can decrease
bandwidth when fetching this page from a remote host.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>/metrics?include_raw_histograms=1</code> - include the raw buckets and values for histogram metrics,
enabling accurate aggregation of percentile metrics over time and across hosts.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>/metrics?level=info</code> - limits the returned metrics based on their severity level.
The levels are ordered and lower levels include the levels above them. If no level is specified,
<code>debug</code> is used to include all metrics. The valid values are:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>debug</code> - Metrics that are diagnostically helpful but generally not monitored
during normal operation.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>info</code> - Generally useful metrics that operators always want to have available
but may not be monitored under normal circumstances.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>warn</code> - Metrics which can often indicate operational oddities, which may need more investigation.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ curl -s 'http://example-ts:8050/metrics?include_schema=1&amp;metrics=connections_accepted'</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-json" data-lang="json">[
{
"type": "server",
"id": "kudu.tabletserver",
"attributes": {},
"metrics": [
{
"name": "rpc_connections_accepted",
"label": "RPC Connections Accepted",
"type": "counter",
"unit": "connections",
"description": "Number of incoming TCP connections made to the RPC server",
"value": 92
}
]
}
]</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ curl -s 'http://example-ts:8050/metrics?metrics=log_append_latency'</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-json" data-lang="json">[
{
"type": "tablet",
"id": "c0ebf9fef1b847e2a83c7bd35c2056b1",
"attributes": {
"table_name": "lineitem",
"partition": "hash buckets: (55), range: [(&lt;start&gt;), (&lt;end&gt;))",
"table_id": ""
},
"metrics": [
{
"name": "log_append_latency",
"total_count": 7498,
"min": 4,
"mean": 69.3649,
"percentile_75": 29,
"percentile_95": 38,
"percentile_99": 45,
"percentile_99_9": 95,
"percentile_99_99": 167,
"max": 367244,
"total_sum": 520098
}
]
}
]</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
All histograms and counters are measured since the server start time, and are not reset upon collection.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_diagnostics_logging"><a class="link" href="#_diagnostics_logging">Diagnostics Logging</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu may be configured to dump various diagnostics information to a local log file.
The diagnostics log will be written to the same directory as the other Kudu log files, with a
similar naming format, substituting <code>diagnostics</code> instead of a log level like <code>INFO</code>.
After any diagnostics log file reaches 64MB uncompressed, the log will be rolled and
the previous file will be gzip-compressed.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Each line in the diagnostics log consists of the following components:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>A human-readable timestamp formatted in the same fashion as the other Kudu log files.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The type of record. For example, a metrics record consists of the word <code>metrics</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A machine-readable timestamp, in microseconds since the Unix epoch.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The record itself.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Currently, the only type of diagnostics record is a periodic dump of the server metrics.
Each record is encoded in compact JSON format, and the server attempts to elide any metrics
which have not changed since the previous record. In addition, counters which have never
been incremented are elided. Otherwise, the format of the JSON record is identical to the
format exposed by the HTTP endpoint above.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The frequency with which metrics are dumped to the diagnostics log is configured using the
<code>--metrics_log_interval_ms</code> flag. By default, Kudu logs metrics every 60 seconds.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="rack_awareness"><a class="link" href="#rack_awareness">Rack Awareness</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>As of version 1.9, Kudu supports a rack awareness feature. Kudu&#8217;s ordinary
re-replication methods ensure the availability of the cluster in the event of a
single node failure. However, clusters can be vulnerable to correlated failures
of multiple nodes. For example, all of the physical hosts on the same rack in
a datacenter may become unavailable simultaneously if the top-of-rack switch
fails. Kudu&#8217;s rack awareness feature provides protection from some kinds of
correlated failures, like the failure of a single rack in a datacenter.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The first element of Kudu&#8217;s rack awareness feature is location assignment. When
a tablet server or client registers with a master, the master assigns it a
location. A location is a <code>/</code>-separated string that begins with a <code>/</code> and where
each <code>/</code>-separated component consists of characters from the set
<code>[a-zA-Z0-9_-.]</code>. For example, <code>/dc-0/rack-09</code> is a valid location, while
<code>rack-04</code> and <code>/rack=1</code> are not valid locations. Thus location strings resemble
absolute UNIX file paths where characters in directory and file names are
restricted to the set <code>[a-zA-Z0-9_-.]</code>. Presently, Kudu does not use the
hierarchical structure of locations, but it may in the future. Location
assignment is done by a user-provided command, whose path should be specified
using the <code>--location_mapping_cmd</code> master flag. The command should take a single
argument, the IP address or hostname of a tablet server or client, and return
the location for the tablet server or client. Make sure that all Kudu masters
are using the same location mapping command.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The second element of Kudu&#8217;s rack awareness feature is the placement policy,
which is</p>
</div>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>Do not place a majority of replicas of a tablet on tablet servers in the same location.</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The leader master, when placing newly created replicas on tablet servers and
when re-replicating existing tablets, will attempt to place the replicas in a
way that complies with the placement policy. For example, in a cluster with five
tablet servers <code>A</code>, <code>B</code>, <code>C</code>, <code>D</code>, and <code>E</code>, with respective locations <code>/L0</code>,
<code>/L0</code>, <code>/L1</code>, <code>/L1</code>, <code>/L2</code>, to comply with the placement policy a new 3x
replicated tablet could have its replicas placed on <code>A</code>, <code>C</code>, and <code>E</code>, but not
on <code>A</code>, <code>B</code>, and <code>C</code>, because then the tablet would have 2/3 replicas in
location <code>/L0</code>. As another example, if a tablet has replicas on tablet servers
<code>A</code>, <code>C</code>, and <code>E</code>, and then <code>C</code> fails, the replacement replica must be placed on
<code>D</code> in order to comply with the placement policy.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In the case where it is impossible to place replicas in a way that complies with
the placement policy, Kudu will violate the policy and place a replica anyway.
For example, using the setup described in the previous paragraph, if a tablet
has replicas on tablet servers <code>A</code>, <code>C</code>, and <code>E</code>, and then <code>E</code> fails, Kudu will
re-replicate the tablet onto one of <code>B</code> or <code>D</code>, violating the placement policy,
rather than leaving the tablet under-replicated indefinitely. The
<code>kudu cluster rebalance</code> tool can reestablish the placement policy if it is
possible to do so. The <code>kudu cluster rebalance</code> tool can also be used to
establish the placement policy on a cluster if the cluster has just been
configured to use the rack awareness feature and existing replicas need to be
moved to comply with the placement policy. See
<a href="#rebalancer_tool_with_rack_awareness">running the tablet rebalancing tool on a rack-aware cluster</a>
for more information.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The third and final element of Kudu&#8217;s rack awareness feature is the use of
client locations to find "nearby" servers. As mentioned, the masters also
assign a location to clients when they connect to the cluster. The client
(whether Java, C++, or Python) uses its own location and the locations of
tablet servers in the cluster to prefer "nearby" replicas when scanning in
<code>CLOSEST_REPLICA</code> mode. Clients choose replicas to scan in the following order:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Scan a replica on a tablet server on the same host, if there is one.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Scan a replica on a tablet server in the same location, if there is one.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Scan some replica.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example, using the cluster setup described above, if a client on the same
host as tablet server <code>A</code> scans a tablet with replicas on tablet servers
<code>A</code>, <code>C</code>, and <code>E</code> in <code>CLOSEST_REPLICA</code> mode, it will choose to scan from the
replica on <code>A</code>, since the client and the replica on <code>A</code> are on the same host.
If the client scans a tablet with replicas on tablet servers <code>B</code>, <code>C</code>, and <code>E</code>,
it will choose to scan from the replica on <code>B</code>, since it is in the same
location as the client, <code>/L0</code>. If there are multiple replicas meeting a
criterion, one is chosen arbitrarily.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="backup"><a class="link" href="#backup">Backup and Restore</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="logical_backup"><a class="link" href="#logical_backup">Logical backup and restore</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>As of Kudu 1.10.0, Kudu supports both full and incremental table backups via a
job implemented using Apache Spark. Additionally it supports restoring tables
from full and incremental backups via a restore job implemented using Apache Spark.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Given the Kudu backup and restore jobs use Apache Spark, ensure Apache Spark
is installed in your environment following the
<a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/#downloading">Spark documentation</a>.
Additionally review the Apache Spark documentation for
<a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/submitting-applications.html">Submitting Applications</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_backing_up_tables"><a class="link" href="#_backing_up_tables">Backing up tables</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To backup one or more Kudu tables the <code>KuduBackup</code> Spark job can be used.
The first time the job is run for a table, a full backup will be run.
Additional runs will perform incremental backups which will only contain the
rows that have changed since the initial full backup. A new set of full
backups can be forced at anytime by passing the <code>--forceFull</code> flag to the
backup job.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The common flags that will be used when taking a backup are:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>--rootPath</code>: The root path to output backup data. Accepts any Spark-compatible path.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>See <a href="#backup_directory">Backup Directory Structure</a> for the directory structure used in the <code>rootPath</code>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>--kuduMasterAddresses</code>: Comma-separated addresses of Kudu masters. Default: localhost</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>&lt;table&gt;&#8230;&#8203;</code>: A list of tables to be backed up.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Note: You can see the full list of Job options at anytime by passing the <code>--help</code> flag.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Below is a full example of a <code>KuduBackup</code> job execution which will backup the tables
<code>foo</code> and <code>bar</code> to the HDFS directory <code>kudu-backups</code>:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">spark-submit --class org.apache.kudu.backup.KuduBackup kudu-backup2_2.11-1.10.0.jar \
--kuduMasterAddresses master1-host,master-2-host,master-3-host \
--rootPath hdfs:///kudu-backups \
foo bar</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_restoring_tables_from_backups"><a class="link" href="#_restoring_tables_from_backups">Restoring tables from Backups</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To restore one or more Kudu tables, the <code>KuduRestore</code> Spark job can be used.
For each backed up table, the <code>KuduRestore</code> job will restore the full backup
and each associated incremental backup until the full table state is restored.
Restoring the full series of full and incremental backups is possible because
the backups are linked via the <code>from_ms</code> and <code>to_ms</code> fields in the backup metadata.
By default the restore job will create tables with the same name as the table
that was backed up. If you want to side-load the tables without affecting the
existing tables, you can pass <code>--tableSuffix</code> to append a suffix to each
restored table.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The common flags that will be used when restoring are:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>--rootPath</code>: The root path to the backup data. Accepts any Spark-compatible path.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>See <a href="#backup_directory">Backup Directory Structure</a> for the directory structure used in the <code>rootPath</code>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>--kuduMasterAddresses</code>: Comma-separated addresses of Kudu masters. Default: <code>localhost</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>--createTables</code>: If set to <code>true</code>, the restore process creates the tables.
Set to <code>false</code> if the target tables already exist. Default: <code>true</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>--tableSuffix</code>: If set, the suffix to add to the restored table names.
Only used when <code>createTables</code> is <code>true</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>--timestampMs</code>: A UNIX timestamp in milliseconds that defines the latest time
to use when selecting restore candidates. Default: <code>System.currentTimeMillis()</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>&lt;table&gt;&#8230;&#8203;</code>: A list of tables to restore.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Note: You can see the full list of job options at anytime by passing the <code>--help</code> flag.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Below is a full example of a <code>KuduRestore</code> job execution which will restore the tables
<code>foo</code> and <code>bar</code> from the HDFS directory <code>kudu-backups</code>:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">spark-submit --class org.apache.kudu.backup.KuduRestore kudu-backup2_2.11-1.10.0.jar \
--kuduMasterAddresses master1-host,master-2-host,master-3-host \
--rootPath hdfs:///kudu-backups \
foo bar</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_backup_tools"><a class="link" href="#_backup_tools">Backup tools</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>An additional <code>backup-tools</code> jar is available to provide some backup exploration and
garbage collection capabilities. This jar does not use Spark directly, but instead
only requires the Hadoop classpath to run.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Commands:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>list</code>: Lists the backups in the rootPath.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>clean</code>: Cleans up old backup data in the rootPath.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Note: You can see the full list of command options at anytime by passing the <code>--help</code> flag.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Below is an example execution which will print the command options:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">java -cp $(hadoop classpath):kudu-backup-tools-1.10.0.jar org.apache.kudu.backup.KuduBackupCLI --help</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="backup_directory"><a class="link" href="#backup_directory">Backup Directory Structure</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The backup directory structure in the <code>rootPath</code> is considered an internal detail
and could change in future versions of Kudu. Additionally the format and content
of the data and metadata files is meant for the backup and restore process only
and could change in future versions of Kudu. That said, understanding the structure
of the backup <code>rootPath</code> and how it is used can be useful when working with Kudu backups.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The backup directory structure in the <code>rootPath</code> is as follows:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">/&lt;rootPath&gt;/&lt;tableId&gt;-&lt;tableName&gt;/&lt;backup-id&gt;/
.kudu-metadata.json
part-*.&lt;format&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>rootPath</code>: Can be used to distinguish separate backup groups, jobs, or concerns.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>tableId</code>: The unique internal ID of the table being backed up.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>tableName</code>: The name of the table being backed up.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Note: Table names are URL encoded to prevent pathing issues.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>backup-id</code>: A way to uniquely identify/group the data for a single backup run.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>.kudu-metadata.json</code>: Contains all of the metadata to support recreating the table,
linking backups by time, and handling data format changes.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Written last so that failed backups will not have a metadata file and will not be
considered at restore time or backup linking time.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>part-*.&lt;format&gt;</code>: The data files containing the tables data.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Currently 1 part file per Kudu partition.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Incremental backups contain an additional “RowAction” byte column at the end.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Currently the only supported format/suffix is <code>parquet</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_troubleshooting"><a class="link" href="#_troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></h4>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_generating_a_table_list"><a class="link" href="#_generating_a_table_list">Generating a table list</a></h5>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To generate a list of tables to backup using the <code>kudu table list</code> tool along
with <code>grep</code> can be useful. Below is an example that will generate a list
of all tables that start with <code>my_db.</code>:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">kudu table list &lt;master_addresses&gt; | grep "^my_db\.*" | tr '\n' ' '</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p><strong>Note</strong>: This list could be saved as a part of you backup process to be used
at restore time as well.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_spark_tuning"><a class="link" href="#_spark_tuning">Spark Tuning</a></h5>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In general the Spark jobs were designed to run with minimal tuning and configuration.
You can adjust the number of executors and resources to increase parallelism and performance
using Spark&#8217;s
<a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/configuration.html">configuration options</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If your tables are super wide and your default memory allocation is fairly low, you
may see jobs fail. To resolve this increase the Spark executor memory. A conservative
rule of thumb is 1 GiB per 50 columns.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If your Spark resources drastically outscale the Kudu cluster you may want to limit the
number of concurrent tasks allowed to run on restore.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect4">
<h5 id="_backups_on_kudu_1_9_and_earlier"><a class="link" href="#_backups_on_kudu_1_9_and_earlier">Backups on Kudu 1.9 and earlier</a></h5>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If your Kudu cluster is version 1.9 or earlier you can still use the backup tool
introduced in Kudu 1.10 to backup your tables. However, because the incremental
backup feature requires server side changes, you are limited to full backups only.
The process to backup tables is the same as documented above, but you will need to
download and use the kudu-backup jar from a Kudu 1.10+ release. Before running
the backup job you should adjust the configuration of your servers by setting
<code>--tablet_history_max_age_sec=604800</code>. This is the new default value in Kudu 1.10+
to ensure long running backup jobs can complete successfully and consistently.
Additionally, when running the backup you need to pass <code>--forceFull</code> to disable
the incremental backup feature. Now each time the job is run a full backup will be taken.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Taking full backups on a regular basis is far more resource and time intensive
than incremental backups. It is recommended to upgrade to Kudu 1.10+ soon as possible.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="physical_backup"><a class="link" href="#physical_backup">Physical backups of an entire node</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu does not yet provide built-in physical backup and restore functionality.
However, it is possible to create a physical backup of a Kudu node (either
tablet server or master) and restore it later.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The node to be backed up must be offline during the procedure, or else
the backed up (or restored) data will be inconsistent.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Certain aspects of the Kudu node (such as its hostname) are embedded in
the on-disk data. As such, it&#8217;s not yet possible to restore a physical backup of
a node onto another machine.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Stop all Kudu processes in the cluster. This prevents the tablets on the
backed up node from being rereplicated elsewhere unnecessarily.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If creating a backup, make a copy of the WAL, metadata, and data directories
on each node to be backed up. It is important that this copy preserve all file
attributes as well as sparseness.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If restoring from a backup, delete the existing WAL, metadata, and data
directories, then restore the backup via move or copy. As with creating a
backup, it is important that the restore preserve all file attributes and
sparseness.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all Kudu processes in the cluster.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_common_kudu_workflows"><a class="link" href="#_common_kudu_workflows">Common Kudu workflows</a></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="migrate_to_multi_master"><a class="link" href="#migrate_to_multi_master">Migrating to Multiple Kudu Masters</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For high availability and to avoid a single point of failure, Kudu clusters should be created with
multiple masters. Many Kudu clusters were created with just a single master, either for simplicity
or because Kudu multi-master support was still experimental at the time. This workflow demonstrates
how to migrate to a multi-master configuration. It can also be used to migrate from two masters to
three, with straightforward modifications. Note that the number of masters must be odd.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The workflow is unsafe for adding new masters to an existing configuration that already has
three or more masters. Do not use it for that purpose.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
An even number of masters doesn&#8217;t provide any benefit over having one fewer masters. This
guide should always be used for migrating to three masters.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
All of the command line steps below should be executed as the Kudu UNIX user. The example
commands assume the Kudu Unix user is <code>kudu</code>, which is typical.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The workflow presupposes at least basic familiarity with Kudu configuration management. If
using vendor-specific tools the workflow also presupposes familiarity with
it and the vendor&#8217;s instructions should be used instead as details may differ.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_prepare_for_the_migration"><a class="link" href="#_prepare_for_the_migration">Prepare for the migration</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Establish a maintenance window (one hour should be sufficient). During this time the Kudu cluster
will be unavailable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Decide how many masters to use. The number of masters should be odd. Three or five node master
configurations are recommended; they can tolerate one or two failures respectively.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perform the following preparatory steps for the existing master:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the directories where the master&#8217;s write-ahead log (WAL) and data live. If
using Kudu system packages, their default locations are /var/lib/kudu/master, but they may be
customized via the <code>fs_wal_dir</code> and <code>fs_data_dirs</code> configuration parameters. The commands below
assume that <code>fs_wal_dir</code> is /data/kudu/master/wal and <code>fs_data_dirs</code> is /data/kudu/master/data.
Your configuration may differ. For more information on configuring these directories, see the
<a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">Kudu Configuration docs</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the port the master is using for RPCs. The default port value is 7051, but it
may have been customized using the <code>rpc_bind_addresses</code> configuration parameter.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Identify the master&#8217;s UUID. It can be fetched using the following command:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] 2&gt;/dev/null</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>existing master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 2&gt;/dev/null
4aab798a69e94fab8d77069edff28ce0</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Optional: configure a DNS alias for the master. The alias could be a DNS cname (if the machine
already has an A record in DNS), an A record (if the machine is only known by its IP address),
or an alias in /etc/hosts. The alias should be an abstract representation of the master (e.g.
<code>master-1</code>).</p>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Without DNS aliases it is not possible to recover from permanent master failures without
bringing the cluster down for maintenance, and as such, it is highly recommended.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you have Kudu tables that are accessed from Impala, you must update
the master addresses in the Apache Hive Metastore (HMS) database.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>If you set up the DNS aliases, run the following statement in <code>impala-shell</code>,
replacing <code>master-1</code>, <code>master-2</code>, and <code>master-3</code> with your actual aliases.</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql">ALTER TABLE table_name
SET TBLPROPERTIES
('kudu.master_addresses' = 'master-1,master-2,master-3');</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you do not have DNS aliases set up, see Step #11 in the Performing
the migration section for updating HMS.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perform the following preparatory steps for each new master:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Choose an unused machine in the cluster. The master generates very little load
so it can be collocated with other data services or load-generating processes,
though not with another Kudu master from the same configuration.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Ensure Kudu is installed on the machine, either via system packages (in which case the <code>kudu</code> and
<code>kudu-master</code> packages should be installed), or via some other means.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Choose and record the directory where the master&#8217;s data will live.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Choose and record the port the master should use for RPCs.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Optional: configure a DNS alias for the master (e.g. <code>master-2</code>, <code>master-3</code>, etc).</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="perform-the-migration"><a class="link" href="#perform-the-migration">Perform the migration</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Stop all the Kudu processes in the entire cluster.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Format the data directory on each new master machine, and record the generated UUID. Use the
following command sequence:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs format --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;]
$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] 2&gt;/dev/null</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>new master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs format --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data
$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 2&gt;/dev/null
f5624e05f40649b79a757629a69d061e</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If using CM, add the new Kudu master roles now, but do not start them.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>If using DNS aliases, override the empty value of the <code>Master Address</code> parameter for each role
(including the existing master role) with that master&#8217;s alias.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Add the port number (separated by a colon) if using a non-default RPC port value.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Rewrite the master&#8217;s Raft configuration with the following command, executed on the existing
master machine:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta rewrite_raft_config --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] &lt;tablet_id&gt; &lt;all_masters&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>existing master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">tablet_id</dt>
<dd>
<p>must be the string <code>00000000000000000000000000000000</code></p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">all_masters</dt>
<dd>
<p>space-separated list of masters, both new and existing. Each entry in the list must be
a string of the form <code>&lt;uuid&gt;:&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code></p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">uuid</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded UUID</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">hostname</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded hostname or alias</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">port</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded RPC port number</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta rewrite_raft_config --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 00000000000000000000000000000000 4aab798a69e94fab8d77069edff28ce0:master-1:7051 f5624e05f40649b79a757629a69d061e:master-2:7051 988d8ac6530f426cbe180be5ba52033d:master-3:7051</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Modify the value of the <code>master_addresses</code> configuration parameter for both existing master and new masters.
The new value must be a comma-separated list of all of the masters. Each entry is a string of the form <code>&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code></p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">hostname</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded hostname or alias</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">port</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded RPC port number</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start the existing master.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Copy the master data to each new master with the following command, executed on each new master
machine.</p>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
If your Kudu cluster is secure, in addition to running as the Kudu UNIX user, you must
authenticate as the Kudu service user prior to running this command.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica copy_from_remote --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] &lt;tablet_id&gt; &lt;existing_master&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>new master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">tablet_id</dt>
<dd>
<p>must be the string <code>00000000000000000000000000000000</code></p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">existing_master</dt>
<dd>
<p>RPC address of the existing master and must be a string of the form
<code>&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code></p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">hostname</dt>
<dd>
<p>existing master&#8217;s previously recorded hostname or alias</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">port</dt>
<dd>
<p>existing master&#8217;s previously recorded RPC port number</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica copy_from_remote --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 00000000000000000000000000000000 master-1:7051</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all of the new masters.</p>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Skip the next step if using CM.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Modify the value of the <code>tserver_master_addrs</code> configuration parameter for each tablet server.
The new value must be a comma-separated list of masters where each entry is a string of the form
<code>&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code></p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">hostname</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded hostname or alias</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">port</dt>
<dd>
<p>master&#8217;s previously recorded RPC port number</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all of the tablet servers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you have Kudu tables that are accessed from Impala and you didn&#8217;t set up
DNS aliases, update the HMS database manually in the underlying database that
provides the storage for HMS.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>The following is an example SQL statement you should run in the HMS database:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql">UPDATE TABLE_PARAMS
SET PARAM_VALUE =
'master-1.example.com,master-2.example.com,master-3.example.com'
WHERE PARAM_KEY = 'kudu.master_addresses' AND PARAM_VALUE = 'old-master';</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>In <code>impala-shell</code>, run:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">INVALIDATE METADATA;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_verify_the_migration_was_successful"><a class="link" href="#_verify_the_migration_was_successful">Verify the migration was successful</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To verify that all masters are working properly, perform the following sanity checks:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Using a browser, visit each master&#8217;s web UI. Look at the /masters page. All of the masters should
be listed there with one master in the LEADER role and the others in the FOLLOWER role. The
contents of /masters on each master should be the same.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run a Kudu system check (ksck) on the cluster using the <code>kudu</code> command line
tool. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a> for more details.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_recovering_from_a_dead_kudu_master_in_a_multi_master_deployment"><a class="link" href="#_recovering_from_a_dead_kudu_master_in_a_multi_master_deployment">Recovering from a dead Kudu Master in a Multi-Master Deployment</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu multi-master deployments function normally in the event of a master loss. However, it is
important to replace the dead master; otherwise a second failure may lead to a loss of availability,
depending on the number of available masters. This workflow describes how to replace the dead
master.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Due to <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-1620">KUDU-1620</a>, it is not possible to perform
this workflow without also restarting the live masters. As such, the workflow requires a
maintenance window, albeit a potentially brief one if the cluster was set up with DNS aliases.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Kudu does not yet support live Raft configuration changes for masters. As such, it is only
possible to replace a master if the deployment was created with DNS aliases or if every node in the
cluster is first shut down. See the <a href="#migrate_to_multi_master">multi-master migration workflow</a> for
more details on deploying with DNS aliases.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The workflow presupposes at least basic familiarity with Kudu configuration management. If
using vendor-specific tools the workflow also presupposes familiarity with
it and the vendor&#8217;s instructions should be used instead as details may differ.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
All of the command line steps below should be executed as the Kudu UNIX user, typically
<code>kudu</code>.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_prepare_for_the_recovery"><a class="link" href="#_prepare_for_the_recovery">Prepare for the recovery</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>If the deployment was configured without DNS aliases perform the following steps:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Establish a maintenance window (one hour should be sufficient). During this time the Kudu cluster
will be unavailable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Shut down all Kudu tablet server processes in the cluster.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Ensure that the dead master is well and truly dead. Take whatever steps needed to prevent it from
accidentally restarting; this can be quite dangerous for the cluster post-recovery.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Choose one of the remaining live masters to serve as a basis for recovery. The rest of this
workflow will refer to this master as the "reference" master.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Choose an unused machine in the cluster where the new master will live. The master generates very
little load so it can be collocated with other data services or load-generating processes, though
not with another Kudu master from the same configuration.
The rest of this workflow will refer to this master as the "replacement" master.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perform the following preparatory steps for the replacement master:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Ensure Kudu is installed on the machine, either via system packages (in which case the <code>kudu</code> and
<code>kudu-master</code> packages should be installed), or via some other means.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Choose and record the directory where the master&#8217;s data will live.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perform the following preparatory steps for each live master:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the directory where the master&#8217;s data lives. If using Kudu system packages,
the default value is /var/lib/kudu/master, but it may be customized via the <code>fs_wal_dir</code> and
<code>fs_data_dirs</code> configuration parameters. Please note if you&#8217;ve set <code>fs_data_dirs</code> to some directories
other than the value of <code>fs_wal_dir</code>, it should be explicitly included in every command below where
<code>fs_wal_dir</code> is also included. For more information on configuring these directories, see the
<a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">Kudu Configuration docs</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the master&#8217;s UUID. It can be fetched using the following command:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] 2&gt;/dev/null</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>live master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 2&gt;/dev/null
80a82c4b8a9f4c819bab744927ad765c</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perform the following preparatory steps for the reference master:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the directory where the master&#8217;s data lives. If using Kudu system packages,
the default value is /var/lib/kudu/master, but it may be customized via the <code>fs_wal_dir</code> and
<code>fs_data_dirs</code> configuration parameters. Please note if you&#8217;ve set <code>fs_data_dirs</code> to some directories
other than the value of <code>fs_wal_dir</code>, it should be explicitly included in every command below where
<code>fs_wal_dir</code> is also included. For more information on configuring these directories, see the
<a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">Kudu Configuration docs</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Identify and record the UUIDs of every master in the cluster, using the following command:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta print_replica_uuids --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] &lt;tablet_id&gt; 2&gt;/dev/null</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>reference master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">tablet_id</dt>
<dd>
<p>must be the string <code>00000000000000000000000000000000</code></p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta print_replica_uuids --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 00000000000000000000000000000000 2&gt;/dev/null
80a82c4b8a9f4c819bab744927ad765c 2a73eeee5d47413981d9a1c637cce170 1c3f3094256347528d02ec107466aef3</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Using the two previously-recorded lists of UUIDs (one for all live masters and one for all
masters), determine and record (by process of elimination) the UUID of the dead master.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_perform_the_recovery"><a class="link" href="#_perform_the_recovery">Perform the recovery</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Format the data directory on the replacement master machine using the previously recorded
UUID of the dead master. Use the following command sequence:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs format --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] --uuid=&lt;uuid&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>replacement master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">uuid</dt>
<dd>
<p>dead master&#8217;s previously recorded UUID</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs format --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data --uuid=80a82c4b8a9f4c819bab744927ad765c</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Copy the master data to the replacement master with the following command:</p>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
If your Kudu cluster is secure, in addition to running as the Kudu UNIX user, you must
authenticate as the Kudu service user prior to running this command.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica copy_from_remote --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] &lt;tablet_id&gt; &lt;reference_master&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">master_data_dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>replacement master&#8217;s previously recorded data directory</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">tablet_id</dt>
<dd>
<p>must be the string <code>00000000000000000000000000000000</code></p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">reference_master</dt>
<dd>
<p>RPC address of the reference master and must be a string of the form
<code>&lt;hostname&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code></p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">hostname</dt>
<dd>
<p>reference master&#8217;s previously recorded hostname or alias</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">port</dt>
<dd>
<p>reference master&#8217;s previously recorded RPC port number</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica copy_from_remote --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 00000000000000000000000000000000 master-2:7051</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If using CM, add the replacement Kudu master role now, but do not start it.</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Override the empty value of the <code>Master Address</code> parameter for the new role with the replacement
master&#8217;s alias.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Add the port number (separated by a colon) if using a non-default RPC port value.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If the cluster was set up with DNS aliases, reconfigure the DNS alias for the dead master to point
at the replacement master.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If the cluster was set up without DNS aliases, perform the following steps:</p>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Stop the remaining live masters.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Rewrite the Raft configurations on these masters to include the replacement master. See Step 4 of
<a href="#perform-the-migration">Perform the Migration</a> for more details.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start the replacement master.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Restart the remaining masters in the new multi-master deployment. While the masters are shut down,
there will be an availability outage, but it should last only as long as it takes for the masters
to come back up.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Congratulations, the dead master has been replaced! To verify that all masters are working properly,
consider performing the following sanity checks:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Using a browser, visit each master&#8217;s web UI. Look at the /masters page. All of the masters should
be listed there with one master in the LEADER role and the others in the FOLLOWER role. The
contents of /masters on each master should be the same.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run a Kudu system check (ksck) on the cluster using the <code>kudu</code> command line
tool. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a> for more details.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_removing_kudu_masters_from_a_multi_master_deployment"><a class="link" href="#_removing_kudu_masters_from_a_multi_master_deployment">Removing Kudu Masters from a Multi-Master Deployment</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In the event that a multi-master deployment has been overallocated nodes, the following steps should
be taken to remove the unwanted masters.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
In planning the new multi-master configuration, keep in mind that the number of masters
should be odd and that three or five node master configurations are recommended.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Dropping the number of masters below the number of masters currently needed for a Raft
majority can incur data loss. To mitigate this, ensure that the leader master is not removed during
this process.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_prepare_for_the_removal"><a class="link" href="#_prepare_for_the_removal">Prepare for the removal</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Establish a maintenance window (one hour should be sufficient). During this time the Kudu cluster
will be unavailable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Identify the UUID and RPC address current leader of the multi-master deployment by visiting the
<code>/masters</code> page of any master&#8217;s web UI. This master must not be removed during this process; its
removal may result in severe data loss.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Stop all the Kudu processes in the entire cluster.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If using CM, remove the unwanted Kudu master.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_perform_the_removal"><a class="link" href="#_perform_the_removal">Perform the removal</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Rewrite the Raft configuration on the remaining masters to include only the remaining masters. See
Step 4 of <a href="#perform-the-migration">Perform the Migration</a> for more details.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Remove the data directories and WAL directory on the unwanted masters. This is a precaution to
ensure that they cannot start up again and interfere with the new multi-master deployment.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Modify the value of the <code>master_addresses</code> configuration parameter for the masters of the new
multi-master deployment. If migrating to a single-master deployment, the <code>master_addresses</code> flag
should be omitted entirely.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all of the masters that were not removed.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Modify the value of the <code>tserver_master_addrs</code> configuration parameter for the tablet servers to
remove any unwanted masters.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all of the tablet servers.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_verify_the_migration_was_successful_2"><a class="link" href="#_verify_the_migration_was_successful_2">Verify the migration was successful</a></h4>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To verify that all masters are working properly, perform the following sanity checks:</p>
</div>
<div class="ulist">
<ul>
<li>
<p>Using a browser, visit each master&#8217;s web UI. Look at the /masters page. All of the masters should
be listed there with one master in the LEADER role and the others in the FOLLOWER role. The
contents of /masters on each master should be the same.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run a Kudu system check (ksck) on the cluster using the <code>kudu</code> command line
tool. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a> for more details.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_changing_the_master_hostnames"><a class="link" href="#_changing_the_master_hostnames">Changing the master hostnames</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To prevent long maintenance windows when replacing dead masters, DNS aliases should be used. If the
cluster was set up without aliases, changing the host names can be done by following the below
steps.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_prepare_for_the_hostname_change"><a class="link" href="#_prepare_for_the_hostname_change">Prepare for the hostname change</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Establish a maintenance window (one hour should be sufficient). During this time the Kudu cluster
will be unavailable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Note the UUID and RPC address of every master by visiting the <code>/masters</code> page of any master&#8217;s web
UI.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Stop all the Kudu processes in the entire cluster.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Set up the new hostnames to point to the masters and verify all servers and clients properly
resolve them.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_perform_the_hostname_change"><a class="link" href="#_perform_the_hostname_change">Perform the hostname change</a></h4>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Rewrite each master’s Raft configuration with the following command, executed on all master hosts:</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta rewrite_raft_config --fs_wal_dir=&lt;master_wal_dir&gt; [--fs_data_dirs=&lt;master_data_dir&gt;] 00000000000000000000000000000000 &lt;all_masters&gt;</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu local_replica cmeta rewrite_raft_config --fs_wal_dir=/data/kudu/master/wal --fs_data_dirs=/data/kudu/master/data 00000000000000000000000000000000 4aab798a69e94fab8d77069edff28ce0:new-master-name-1:7051 f5624e05f40649b79a757629a69d061e:new-master-name-2:7051 988d8ac6530f426cbe180be5ba52033d:new-master-name-3:7051</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Change the masters' gflagfile so the <code>master_addresses</code> parameter reflects the new hostnames.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Change the <code>tserver_master_addrs</code> parameter in the tablet servers' gflagfiles to the new
hostnames.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start up the masters.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To verify that all masters are working properly, perform the following sanity checks:</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha">
<ol class="loweralpha" type="a">
<li>
<p>Using a browser, visit each master&#8217;s web UI. Look at the /masters page. All of the masters should
be listed there with one master in the LEADER role and the others in the FOLLOWER role. The
contents of /masters on each master should be the same.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run the below command to verify all masters are up and listening. The UUIDs
should be the same and belong to the same master as before the hostname change:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu master list new-master-name-1:7051,new-master-name-2:7051,new-master-name-3:7051</pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start all of the tablet servers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run a Kudu system check (ksck) on the cluster using the <code>kudu</code> command line
tool. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a> for more details. After startup, some tablets may be
unavailable as it takes some time to initialize all of them.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you have Kudu tables that are accessed from Impala, update the HMS
database manually in the underlying database that provides the storage for HMS.</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha">
<ol class="loweralpha" type="a">
<li>
<p>The following is an example SQL statement you should run in the HMS database:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql">UPDATE TABLE_PARAMS
SET PARAM_VALUE =
'new-master-name-1:7051,new-master-name-2:7051,new-master-name-3:7051'
WHERE PARAM_KEY = 'kudu.master_addresses'
AND PARAM_VALUE = 'master-1:7051,master-2:7051,master-3:7051';</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>In <code>impala-shell</code>, run:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">INVALIDATE METADATA;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Verify updating the metadata worked by running a simple <code>SELECT</code> query on a
Kudu-backed Impala table.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="adding_tablet_servers"><a class="link" href="#adding_tablet_servers">Best Practices When Adding New Tablet Servers</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>A common workflow when administering a Kudu cluster is adding additional tablet
server instances, in an effort to increase storage capacity, decrease load or
utilization on individual hosts, increase compute power, etc.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>By default, any newly added tablet servers will not be utilized immediately
after their addition to the cluster. Instead, newly added tablet servers will
only be utilized when new tablets are created or when existing tablets need to
be replicated, which can lead to imbalanced nodes. It&#8217;s recommended to run
the rebalancer CLI tool just after adding a new tablet server into the cluster,
as described in the enumerated steps below.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Avoid placing multiple tablet servers on a single node. Doing so
nullifies the point of increasing the overall storage capacity of a Kudu
cluster and increases the likelihood of tablet unavailability when a single
node fails (the latter drawback is not applicable if the cluster is properly
configured to use the
<a href="https://kudu.apache.org/docs/administration.html#rack_awareness">location
awareness</a> feature).</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To add additional tablet servers to an existing cluster, the
following steps can be taken to ensure tablet replicas are uniformly
distributed across the cluster:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Ensure that Kudu is installed on the new machines being added to the
cluster, and that the new instances have been
<a href="https://kudu.apache.org/docs/configuration.html#_configuring_tablet_servers">
correctly configured</a> to point to the pre-existing cluster. Then, start up
the new tablet server instances.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Verify that the new instances check in with the Kudu Master(s)
successfully. A quick method for verifying they&#8217;ve successfully checked in
with the existing Master instances is to view the Kudu Master WebUI,
specifically the <code>/tablet-servers</code> section, and validate that the newly
added instances are registered, and heartbeating.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Once the tablet server(s) are successfully online and healthy, follow
the steps to run the
<a href="https://kudu.apache.org/docs/administration.html#rebalancer_tool">
rebalancing tool</a> which will spread existing tablet replicas to the newly added
tablet servers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>After the rebalancer tool has completed, or even during its execution,
you can check on the health of the cluster using the <code>ksck</code> command-line utility
(see <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a> for more details).</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="ksck"><a class="link" href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The <code>kudu</code> CLI includes a tool named <code>ksck</code> that can be used for gathering
information about the state of a Kudu cluster, including checking its health.
<code>ksck</code> will identify issues such as under-replicated tablets, unreachable
tablet servers, or tablets without a leader.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p><code>ksck</code> should be run from the command line as the Kudu admin user, and requires
the full list of master addresses to be specified:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu cluster ksck master-01.example.com,master-02.example.com,master-03.example.com</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To see a full list of the options available with <code>ksck</code>, use the <code>--help</code> flag.
If the cluster is healthy, <code>ksck</code> will print information about the cluster, a
success message, and return a zero (success) exit status.</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>Master Summary
UUID | Address | Status
----------------------------------+-----------------------+---------
a811c07b99394df799e6650e7310f282 | master-01.example.com | HEALTHY
b579355eeeea446e998606bcb7e87844 | master-02.example.com | HEALTHY
cfdcc8592711485fad32ec4eea4fbfcd | master-02.example.com | HEALTHY
Tablet Server Summary
UUID | Address | Status
----------------------------------+------------------------+---------
a598f75345834133a39c6e51163245db | tserver-01.example.com | HEALTHY
e05ca6b6573b4e1f9a518157c0c0c637 | tserver-02.example.com | HEALTHY
e7e53a91fe704296b3a59ad304e7444a | tserver-03.example.com | HEALTHY
Version Summary
Version | Servers
---------+-------------------------
1.7.1 | all 6 server(s) checked
Summary by table
Name | RF | Status | Total Tablets | Healthy | Recovering | Under-replicated | Unavailable
----------+----+---------+---------------+---------+------------+------------------+-------------
my_table | 3 | HEALTHY | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0
| Total Count
----------------+-------------
Masters | 3
Tablet Servers | 3
Tables | 1
Tablets | 8
Replicas | 24
OK</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If the cluster is unhealthy, for instance if a tablet server process has
stopped, <code>ksck</code> will report the issue(s) and return a non-zero exit status, as
shown in the abbreviated snippet of <code>ksck</code> output below:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>Tablet Server Summary
UUID | Address | Status
----------------------------------+------------------------+-------------
a598f75345834133a39c6e51163245db | tserver-01.example.com | HEALTHY
e05ca6b6573b4e1f9a518157c0c0c637 | tserver-02.example.com | HEALTHY
e7e53a91fe704296b3a59ad304e7444a | tserver-03.example.com | UNAVAILABLE
Error from 127.0.0.1:7150: Network error: could not get status from server: Client connection negotiation failed: client connection to 127.0.0.1:7150: connect: Connection refused (error 61) (UNAVAILABLE)
... (full output elided)
==================
Errors:
==================
Network error: error fetching info from tablet servers: failed to gather info for all tablet servers: 1 of 3 had errors
Corruption: table consistency check error: 1 out of 1 table(s) are not healthy
FAILED
Runtime error: ksck discovered errors</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To verify data integrity, the optional <code>--checksum_scan</code> flag can be set, which
will ensure the cluster has consistent data by scanning each tablet replica and
comparing results. The <code>--tables</code> or <code>--tablets</code> flags can be used to limit the
scope of the checksum scan to specific tables or tablets, respectively. For
example, checking data integrity on the <code>my_table</code> table can be done with the
following command:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu cluster ksck --checksum_scan --tables my_table master-01.example.com,master-02.example.com,master-03.example.com</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>By default, <code>ksck</code> will attempt to use a snapshot scan of the table, so the
checksum scan can be done while writes continue.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Finally, <code>ksck</code> also supports output in JSON format using the <code>--ksck_format</code>
flag. JSON output contains the same information as the plain text output, but
in a format that can be used by other tools. See <code>kudu cluster ksck --help</code> for
more information.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="change_dir_config"><a class="link" href="#change_dir_config">Changing Directory Configurations</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For higher read parallelism and larger volumes of storage per server, users may
want to configure servers to store data in multiple directories on different
devices. Users can add or remove data directories to an existing master or
tablet server by updating the <code>--fs_data_dirs</code> gflag configuration and
restarting the server. Data is striped across data directories, and when a new
data directory is added, new data will be striped across the union of the old
and new directories.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Removing a data directory from <code>--fs_data_dirs</code> may result in failed tablet
replicas in cases where there were data blocks in the directory that was
removed. Use <code>ksck</code> to ensure the cluster can fully recover from the directory
removal before moving onto another server.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
In versions of Kudu below 1.12, Kudu requires that the <code>kudu fs
update_dirs</code> tool be run before restarting with a different set of data
directories. Such versions will fail to start if not run.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If on a Kudu version below 1.12, once a server is started, users must go
through the below steps to change the directory configuration:</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Unless the <code>--force</code> flag is specified, Kudu will not allow for the
removal of a directory across which tablets are configured to spread data. If
<code>--force</code> is specified, all tablets configured to use that directory will fail
upon starting up and be replicated elsewhere.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
If the <a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">metadata
directory</a> overlaps with a data directory, as was the default prior to Kudu
1.7, or if a non-default metadata directory is configured, the
<code>--fs_metadata_dir</code> configuration must be specified when running the <code>kudu fs
update_dirs</code> tool.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Only new tablet replicas (i.e. brand new tablets' replicas and replicas
that are copied to the server for high availability) will use the new
directory. Existing tablet replicas on the server will not be rebalanced across
the new directory.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
All of the command line steps below should be executed as the Kudu
UNIX user, typically <code>kudu</code>.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Use <code>ksck</code> to ensure the cluster is healthy, and establish a
<a href="#minimizing_cluster_disruption_during_temporary_single_ts_downtime">maintenance
window</a> to bring the tablet server offline.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run the tool with the desired directory configuration flags. For example, if a
cluster was set up with <code>--fs_wal_dir=/wals</code>, <code>--fs_metadata_dir=/meta</code>, and
<code>--fs_data_dirs=/data/1,/data/2,/data/3</code>, and <code>/data/3</code> is to be removed (e.g.
due to a disk error), run the command:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs update_dirs --force --fs_wal_dir=/wals --fs_metadata_dir=/meta --fs_data_dirs=/data/1,/data/2</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Modify the value of the <code>--fs_data_dirs</code> flag for the updated server. If using
CM, make sure to only update the configurations of the updated server, rather
than of the entire Kudu service.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Once complete, the server process can be started. When Kudu is installed using
system packages, <code>service</code> is typically used:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo service kudu-tserver start</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Use <code>ksck</code> to ensure Kudu returns to a healthy state before resuming normal
operation.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="disk_failure_recovery"><a class="link" href="#disk_failure_recovery">Recovering from Disk Failure</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Kudu nodes can only survive failures of disks on which certain Kudu directories
are mounted. For more information about the different Kudu directory types, see
the section on <a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">Kudu Directory
Configurations</a>. Below describes this behavior across different Apache Kudu
releases.</p>
</div>
<table id="disk_failure_behavior" class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
<caption class="title">Table 1. Kudu Disk Failure Behavior</caption>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33.3333%;">
<col style="width: 33.3333%;">
<col style="width: 33.3334%;">
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Node Type</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Kudu Directory Type</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Kudu Releases that Crash on Disk Failure</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Master</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Tablet Server</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing WALs</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Tablet Server</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing tablet metadata</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">All</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Tablet Server</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing data blocks only</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Pre-1.6.0</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When a disk failure occurs that does not lead to a crash, Kudu will stop using
the affected directory, shut down tablets with blocks on the affected
directories, and automatically re-replicate the affected tablets to other
tablet servers. The affected server will remain alive and print messages to the
log indicating the disk failure, for example:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>E1205 19:06:24.163748 27115 data_dirs.cc:1011] Directory /data/8/kudu/data marked as failed
E1205 19:06:30.324795 27064 log_block_manager.cc:1822] Not using report from /data/8/kudu/data: IO error: Could not open container 0a6283cab82d4e75848f49772d2638fe: /data/8/kudu/data/0a6283cab82d4e75848f49772d2638fe.metadata: Read-only file system (error 30)
E1205 19:06:33.564638 27220 ts_tablet_manager.cc:946] T 4957808439314e0d97795c1394348d80 P 70f7ee61ead54b1885d819f354eb3405: aborting tablet bootstrap: tablet has data in a failed directory</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>While in this state, the affected node will avoid using the failed disk,
leading to lower storage volume and reduced read parallelism. The administrator
can remove the failed directory from the <code>--fs_data_dirs</code> gflag to avoid seeing
these errors.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
In versions of Kudu below 1.12, in order to start Kudu with a
different set of directories, the administrator should schedule a brief window
to <a href="#change_dir_config">update the node&#8217;s directory configuration</a>. Kudu will
fail to start otherwise.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When the disk is repaired, remounted, and ready to be reused by Kudu, take the
following steps:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Make sure that the Kudu portion of the disk is completely empty.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Stop the tablet server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Update the <code>--fs_data_dirs</code> gflag to add <code>/data/3</code>, potentially using the
<code>update_dirs</code> tool if on a version of Kudu that is below 1.12:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs update_dirs --force --fs_wal_dir=/wals --fs_data_dirs=/data/1,/data/2,/data/3</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start the tablet server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run <code>ksck</code> to verify cluster health.</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">sudo -u kudu kudu cluster ksck master-01.example.com</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Note that existing tablets will not stripe to the restored disk, but any new tablets
will stripe to the restored disk.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="disk_full_recovery"><a class="link" href="#disk_full_recovery">Recovering from Full Disks</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>By default, Kudu reserves a small amount of space (1% by capacity) in its
directories; Kudu considers a disk full if there is less free space available
than the reservation. Kudu nodes can only tolerate running out of space on disks
on which certain Kudu directories are mounted. For more information about the
different Kudu directory types, see
<a href="configuration.html#directory_configuration">Kudu Directory Configurations</a>.
The table below describes this behavior for each type of directory. The behavior
is uniform across masters and tablet servers.</p>
</div>
<table id="disk_full_behavior" class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
<caption class="title">Table 2. Kudu Full Disk Behavior</caption>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 50%;">
<col style="width: 50%;">
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Kudu Directory Type</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Crash on a Full Disk?</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing WALs</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Yes</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing tablet metadata</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Yes</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory containing data blocks only</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">No (see below)</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Prior to Kudu 1.7.0, Kudu stripes tablet data across all directories, and will
avoid writing data to full directories. Kudu will crash if all data directories
are full.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In 1.7.0 and later, new tablets are assigned a disk group consisting of
<code>--fs_target_data_dirs_per_tablet</code> data dirs (default 3). If Kudu is not
configured with enough data directories for a full disk group, all data
directories are used. When a data directory is full, Kudu will stop writing new
data to it and each tablet that uses that data directory will write new data to
other data directories within its group. If all data directories for a tablet
are full, Kudu will crash. Periodically, Kudu will check if full data
directories are still full, and will resume writing to those data directories
if space has become available.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If Kudu does crash because its data directories are full, freeing space on the
full directories will allow the affected daemon to restart and resume writing.
Note that it may be possible for Kudu to free some space by running</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu fs check --repair</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>but this command may also fail if there is too little space left.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>It&#8217;s also possible to allocate additional data directories to Kudu in order to
increase the overall amount of storage available. See the documentation on
<a href="#change_dir_config">updating a node&#8217;s directory configuration</a> for more
information. Note that existing tablets will not use new data directories, so
adding a new data directory does not resolve issues with full disks.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="tablet_majority_down_recovery"><a class="link" href="#tablet_majority_down_recovery">Bringing a tablet that has lost a majority of replicas back online</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If a tablet has permanently lost a majority of its replicas, it cannot recover
automatically and operator intervention is required. If the tablet servers
hosting a majority of the replicas are down (i.e. ones reported as "TS
unavailable" by ksck), they should be recovered instead if possible.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
The steps below may cause recent edits to the tablet to be lost,
potentially resulting in permanent data loss. Only attempt the procedure below
if it is impossible to bring a majority back online.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Suppose a tablet has lost a majority of its replicas. The first step in
diagnosing and fixing the problem is to examine the tablet&#8217;s state using ksck:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu cluster ksck --tablets=e822cab6c0584bc0858219d1539a17e6 master-00,master-01,master-02
Connected to the Master
Fetched info from all 5 Tablet Servers
Tablet e822cab6c0584bc0858219d1539a17e6 of table 'my_table' is unavailable: 2 replica(s) not RUNNING
638a20403e3e4ae3b55d4d07d920e6de (tserver-00:7150): RUNNING
9a56fa85a38a4edc99c6229cba68aeaa (tserver-01:7150): bad state
State: FAILED
Data state: TABLET_DATA_READY
Last status: &lt;failure message&gt;
c311fef7708a4cf9bb11a3e4cbcaab8c (tserver-02:7150): bad state
State: FAILED
Data state: TABLET_DATA_READY
Last status: &lt;failure message&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>This output shows that, for tablet <code>e822cab6c0584bc0858219d1539a17e6</code>, the two
tablet replicas on <code>tserver-01</code> and <code>tserver-02</code> failed. The remaining replica
is not the leader, so the leader replica failed as well. This means the chance
of data loss is higher since the remaining replica on <code>tserver-00</code> may have
been lagging. In general, to accept the potential data loss and restore the
tablet from the remaining replicas, divide the tablet replicas into two groups:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Healthy replicas: Those in <code>RUNNING</code> state as reported by ksck</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Unhealthy replicas</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example, in the above ksck output, the replica on tablet server <code>tserver-00</code>
is healthy, while the replicas on <code>tserver-01</code> and <code>tserver-02</code> are unhealthy.
On each tablet server with a healthy replica, alter the consensus configuration
to remove unhealthy replicas. In the typical case of 1 out of 3 surviving
replicas, there will be only one healthy replica, so the consensus configuration
will be rewritten to include only the healthy replica.</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu remote_replica unsafe_change_config tserver-00:7150 &lt;tablet-id&gt; &lt;tserver-00-uuid&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>where <code>&lt;tablet-id&gt;</code> is <code>e822cab6c0584bc0858219d1539a17e6</code> and
<code>&lt;tserver-00-uuid&gt;</code> is the uuid of <code>tserver-00</code>,
<code>638a20403e3e4ae3b55d4d07d920e6de</code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Once the healthy replicas' consensus configurations have been forced to exclude
the unhealthy replicas, the healthy replicas will be able to elect a leader.
The tablet will become available for writes, though it will still be
under-replicated. Shortly after the tablet becomes available, the leader master
will notice that it is under-replicated, and will cause the tablet to
re-replicate until the proper replication factor is restored. The unhealthy
replicas will be tombstoned by the master, causing their remaining data to be
deleted.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="rebuilding_kudu"><a class="link" href="#rebuilding_kudu">Rebuilding a Kudu Filesystem Layout</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In the event that critical files are lost, i.e. WALs or tablet-specific
metadata, all Kudu directories on the server must be deleted and rebuilt to
ensure correctness. Doing so will destroy the copy of the data for each tablet
replica hosted on the local server. Kudu will automatically re-replicate tablet
replicas removed in this way, provided the replication factor is at least three
and all other servers are online and healthy.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
These steps use a tablet server as an example, but the steps are the same
for Kudu master servers.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
If multiple nodes need their FS layouts rebuilt, wait until all
replicas previously hosted on each node have finished automatically
re-replicating elsewhere before continuing. Failure to do so can result in
permanent data loss.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Before proceeding, ensure the contents of the directories are backed
up, either as a copy or in the form of other tablet replicas.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>The first step to rebuilding a server with a new directory configuration is
emptying all of the server&#8217;s existing directories. For example, if a tablet
server is configured with <code>--fs_wal_dir=/data/0/kudu-tserver-wal</code>,
<code>--fs_metadata_dir=/data/0/kudu-tserver-meta</code>, and
<code>--fs_data_dirs=/data/1/kudu-tserver,/data/2/kudu-tserver</code>, the following
commands will remove the WAL directory&#8217;s and data directories' contents:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"># Note: this will delete all of the data from the local tablet server.
$ rm -rf /data/0/kudu-tserver-wal/* /data/0/kudu-tserver-meta/* /data/1/kudu-tserver/* /data/2/kudu-tserver/*</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>If using CM, update the configurations for the rebuilt server to include only
the desired directories. Make sure to only update the configurations of servers
to which changes were applied, rather than of the entire Kudu service.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>After directories are deleted, the server process can be started with the new
directory configuration. The appropriate sub-directories will be created by
Kudu upon starting up.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="minimizing_cluster_disruption_during_temporary_single_ts_downtime"><a class="link" href="#minimizing_cluster_disruption_during_temporary_single_ts_downtime">Minimizing cluster disruption during temporary planned downtime of a single tablet server</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If a single tablet server is brought down temporarily in a healthy cluster, all
tablets will remain available and clients will function as normal, after
potential short delays due to leader elections. However, if the downtime lasts
for more than <code>--follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec</code> (default 300)
seconds, the tablet replicas on the down tablet server will be replaced by new
replicas on available tablet servers. This will cause stress on the cluster
as tablets re-replicate and, if the downtime lasts long enough, significant
reduction in the number of replicas on the down tablet server, which would
require the rebalancer to fix.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>To work around this, in Kudu versions from 1.11 onwards, the <code>kudu</code> CLI
contains a tool to put tablet servers into maintenance mode. While in this
state, the tablet server’s replicas are not re-replicated due to its downtime
alone, though re-replication may still occur in the event that the server in
maintenance suffers from a disk failure or if a follower replica on the tablet
server falls too far behind its leader replica. Upon exiting maintenance,
re-replication is triggered for any remaining under-replicated tablets.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The <code>kudu tserver state enter_maintenance</code> and <code>kudu tserver state
exit_maintenance</code> tools are added to orchestrate tablet server maintenance.
The following can be run from a tablet server to put it into maintenance:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ TS_UUID=$(sudo -u kudu kudu fs dump uuid --fs_wal_dir=&lt;wal_dir&gt; --fs_data_dirs=&lt;data_dirs&gt;)
$ sudo -u kudu kudu tserver state enter_maintenance &lt;master_addresses&gt; "$TS_UUID"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The tablet server maintenance mode is shown in the "Tablet Servers" page of the
Kudu leader master&#8217;s web UI, and in the output of <code>kudu cluster ksck</code>. To exit
maintenance mode, run the following:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu tserver state exit_maintenance &lt;master_addresses&gt; "$TS_UUID"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In versions prior to 1.11, a different approach must be used to prevent
unwanted re-replication. Increase
<code>--follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec</code> on all tablet servers so the
amount of time before re-replication starts is longer than the expected
downtime of the tablet server, including the time it takes the tablet server to
restart and bootstrap its tablet replicas. To do this, run the following
command for each tablet server:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ sudo -u kudu kudu tserver set_flag &lt;tserver_address&gt; follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec &lt;num_seconds&gt;</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>where <code>&lt;num_seconds&gt;</code> is the number of seconds that will encompass the downtime.
Once the downtime is finished, reset the flag to its original value.</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu tserver set_flag &lt;tserver_address&gt; follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec &lt;original_value&gt;</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Be sure to reset the value of <code>--follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec</code>
to its original value.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
On Kudu versions prior to 1.8, the <code>--force</code> flag must be provided in the above
<code>set_flag</code> commands.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="rolling_restart"><a class="link" href="#rolling_restart">Orchestrating a rolling restart with no downtime</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>As of Kudu 1.12, tooling is available to restart a cluster with no downtime. To
perform such a "rolling restart", perform the following sequence:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Restart the master(s) one-by-one. If there is only a single master, this may
cause brief interference with on-going workloads.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Starting with a single tablet server, put the tablet server into
<a href="#minimizing_cluster_disruption_during_temporary_single_ts_downtime">maintenance
mode</a> by using the <code>kudu tserver state enter_maintenance</code> tool.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Start quiescing the tablet server using the <code>kudu tserver quiesce start</code>
tool. This will signal to Kudu to stop hosting leaders on the specified
tablet server and to redirect new scan requests to other tablet servers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Periodically run <code>kudu tserver quiesce start</code> with the
<code>--error_if_not_fully_quiesced</code> option, until it returns success, indicating
that all leaders have been moved away from the tablet server and all on-going
scans have completed.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Restart the tablet server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Periodically run <code>ksck</code> until the cluster is reported to be healthy.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Exit maintenance mode on the tablet server by running <code>kudu tserver state
exit_maintenance</code>. This will allow new tablet replicas to be placed on the
tablet server.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Repeat these steps for all tablet servers in the cluster.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
If running with <a href="#rack_awareness">rack awareness</a>, the above steps can be
performed restarting multiple tablet servers within a single rack at the same
time. Users should use <code>ksck</code> to ensure the location assignment policy is
enforced while going through these steps, and that no more than a single
location is restarted at the same time. At least three locations should be
defined in the cluster to safely restart multiple tablet service within one
location.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="rebalancer_tool"><a class="link" href="#rebalancer_tool">Running the tablet rebalancing tool</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The <code>kudu</code> CLI contains a rebalancing tool that can be used to rebalance
tablet replicas among tablet servers. For each table, the tool attempts to
balance the number of replicas per tablet server. It will also, without
unbalancing any table, attempt to even out the number of replicas per tablet
server across the cluster as a whole. The rebalancing tool should be run as the
Kudu admin user, specifying all master addresses:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">sudo -u kudu kudu cluster rebalance master-01.example.com,master-02.example.com,master-03.example.com</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When run, the rebalancer will report on the initial tablet replica distribution
in the cluster, log the replicas it moves, and print a final summary of the
distribution when it terminates:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>Per-server replica distribution summary:
Statistic | Value
-----------------------+-----------
Minimum Replica Count | 0
Maximum Replica Count | 24
Average Replica Count | 14.400000
Per-table replica distribution summary:
Replica Skew | Value
--------------+----------
Minimum | 8
Maximum | 8
Average | 8.000000
I0613 14:18:49.905897 3002065792 rebalancer.cc:779] tablet e7ee9ade95b342a7a94649b7862b345d: 206a51de1486402bbb214b5ce97a633c -&gt; 3b4d9266ac8c45ff9a5d4d7c3e1cb326 move scheduled
I0613 14:18:49.917578 3002065792 rebalancer.cc:779] tablet 5f03944529f44626a0d6ec8b1edc566e: 6e64c4165b864cbab0e67ccd82091d60 -&gt; ba8c22ab030346b4baa289d6d11d0809 move scheduled
I0613 14:18:49.928683 3002065792 rebalancer.cc:779] tablet 9373fee3bfe74cec9054737371a3b15d: fab382adf72c480984c6cc868fdd5f0e -&gt; 3b4d9266ac8c45ff9a5d4d7c3e1cb326 move scheduled
... (full output elided)
I0613 14:19:01.162802 3002065792 rebalancer.cc:842] tablet f4c046f18b174cc2974c65ac0bf52767: 206a51de1486402bbb214b5ce97a633c -&gt; 3b4d9266ac8c45ff9a5d4d7c3e1cb326 move completed: OK
rebalancing is complete: cluster is balanced (moved 28 replicas)
Per-server replica distribution summary:
Statistic | Value
-----------------------+-----------
Minimum Replica Count | 14
Maximum Replica Count | 15
Average Replica Count | 14.400000
Per-table replica distribution summary:
Replica Skew | Value
--------------+----------
Minimum | 1
Maximum | 1
Average | 1.000000</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If more details are needed in addition to the replica distribution summary,
use the <code>--output_replica_distribution_details</code> flag. If added, the flag makes
the tool print per-table and per-tablet server replica distribution statistics
as well.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Use the <code>--report_only</code> flag to get a report on table- and cluster-wide
replica distribution statistics without starting any rebalancing activity.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The rebalancer can also be restricted to run on a subset of the tables by
supplying the <code>--tables</code> flag. Note that, when running on a subset of tables,
the tool will not attempt to balance the cluster as a whole.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The length of time rebalancing is run for can be controlled with the flag
<code>--max_run_time_sec</code>. By default, the rebalancer will run until the cluster is
balanced. To control the amount of resources devoted to rebalancing, modify
the flag <code>--max_moves_per_server</code>. See <code>kudu cluster rebalance --help</code> for more.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>It&#8217;s safe to stop the rebalancer tool at any time. When restarted, the
rebalancer will continue rebalancing the cluster.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The rebalancer requires all registered tablet servers to be up and running
to proceed with the rebalancing process. That&#8217;s to avoid possible conflicts
and races with the automatic re-replication and keep replica placement optimal
for current configuration of the cluster. If a tablet server becomes
unavailable during the rebalancing session, the rebalancer will exit. As noted
above, it&#8217;s safe to restart the rebalancer after resolving the issue with
unavailable tablet servers.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The rebalancing tool can rebalance Kudu clusters running older versions as well,
with some restrictions. Consult the following table for more information. In the
table, "RF" stands for "replication factor".</p>
</div>
<table id="rebalancer_compatibility" class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
<caption class="title">Table 3. Kudu Rebalancing Tool Compatibility</caption>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 33.3333%;">
<col style="width: 33.3333%;">
<col style="width: 33.3334%;">
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Version Range</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Rebalances RF = 1 Tables?</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Rebalances RF &gt; 1 Tables?</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">v &lt; 1.4.0</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">No</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">No</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">1.4.0 &lt;= v &lt; 1.7.1</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">No</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Yes</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">v &gt;= 1.7.1</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Yes</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Yes</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If the rebalancer is running against a cluster where rebalancing replication
factor one tables is not supported, it will rebalance all the other tables
and the cluster as if those singly-replicated tables did not exist.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="rebalancer_tool_with_rack_awareness"><a class="link" href="#rebalancer_tool_with_rack_awareness">Running the tablet rebalancing tool on a rack-aware cluster</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>As detailed in the <a href="#rack_awareness">rack awareness</a> section, it&#8217;s possible
to use the <code>kudu cluster rebalance</code> tool to establish the placement policy on a
cluster. This might be necessary when the rack awareness feature is first
configured or when re-replication violated the placement policy. The rebalancing
tool breaks its work into three phases:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>The rack-aware rebalancer tries to establish the placement policy. Use the
<code>--disable_policy_fixer</code> flag to skip this phase.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The rebalancer tries to balance load by location, moving tablet replicas
between locations in an attempt to spread tablet replicas among locations
evenly. The load of a location is measured as the total number of replicas in
the location divided by the number of tablet servers in the location. Use the
<code>--disable_cross_location_rebalancing</code> flag to skip this phase.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The rebalancer tries to balance the tablet replica distribution within each
location, as if the location were a cluster on its own. Use the
<code>--disable_intra_location_rebalancing</code> flag to skip this phase.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>By using the <code>--report_only</code> flag, it&#8217;s also possible to check if all tablets in
the cluster conform to the placement policy without attempting any replica
movement.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="tablet_server_decommissioning"><a class="link" href="#tablet_server_decommissioning">Decommissioning or Permanently Removing a Tablet Server From a Cluster</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Starting with Kudu 1.12, the Kudu rebalancer tool can be used to decommission a
tablet server by supplying the <code>--ignored_tservers</code> and
<code>--move_replicas_from_ignored_tservers</code> arguments.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock warning">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-warning" title="Warning"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Do not decommission multiple tablet servers at once. To remove
multiple tablet servers from the cluster, follow the below instructions for
each tablet server, ensuring that the previous tablet server is removed from
the cluster and <code>ksck</code> is healthy before shutting down the next.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Ensure the cluster is in good health by using <code>ksck</code>. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Put the tablet server into
<a href="#minimizing_cluster_disruption_during_temporary_single_ts_downtime">maintenance
mode</a> by using the <code>kudu tserver state enter_maintenance</code> tool.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Run <code>kudu cluster rebalance</code> tool, supplying the <code>--ignored_tservers</code>
argument with the UUIDs of the tablet servers to be decommissioned, and the
<code>--move_replicas_from_ignored_tservers</code> flag.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Wait for the moves to complete and for <code>ksck</code> to show the cluster in a
healthy state.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The decommissioned tablet server can be brought offline.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To completely remove it from the cluster so <code>ksck</code> shows the cluster as
completely healthy, restart the masters. In the case of a single master,
this will cause cluster downtime. With multi-master, restart the masters in
sequence to avoid cluster downtime.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In Kudu versions that do not support the above tooling, different steps must be
followed to decommission a tablet server:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Ensure the cluster is in good health using <code>ksck</code>. See <a href="#ksck">Checking Cluster Health with <code>ksck</code></a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If the tablet server contains any replicas of tables with replication factor
1, these replicas must be manually moved off the tablet server prior to
shutting it down. The <code>kudu tablet change_config move_replica</code> tool can be
used for this.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Shut down the tablet server. After
<code>-follower_unavailable_considered_failed_sec</code>, which defaults to 5 minutes,
Kudu will begin to re-replicate the tablet server&#8217;s replicas to other servers.
Wait until the process is finished. Progress can be monitored using <code>ksck</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Once all the copies are complete, <code>ksck</code> will continue to report the tablet
server as unavailable. The cluster will otherwise operate fine without the
tablet server. To completely remove it from the cluster so <code>ksck</code> shows the
cluster as completely healthy, restart the masters. In the case of a single
master, this will cause cluster downtime. With multi-master, restart the
masters in sequence to avoid cluster downtime.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="using_cluster_names_in_kudu_tool"><a class="link" href="#using_cluster_names_in_kudu_tool">Using cluster names in the <code>kudu</code> command line tool</a></h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When using the <code>kudu</code> command line tool, it can be difficult to remember the
precise list of Kudu master RPC addresses needed to communicate with a cluster,
especially when managing multiple clusters. As an alternative, the command line
tool can identify clusters by name. To use this functionality:</p>
</div>
<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Create a new directory to store the Kudu configuration file.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Export the path to this directory in the <code>KUDU_CONFIG</code> environment variable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Create a file called <code>kudurc</code> in the new directory.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Populate <code>kudurc</code> as follows, substituting your own cluster names and RPC
addresses:</p>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>clusters_info:
cluster_name1:
master_addresses: ip1:port1,ip2:port2,ip3:port3
cluster_name2:
master_addresses: ip4:port4</pre>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p>When using the <code>kudu</code> command line tool, replace the list of Kudu master RPC
addresses with the cluster name, prepended with the character <code>@</code>.</p>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">Example</dt>
<dd>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre>$ sudo -u kudu kudu ksck @cluster_name1</pre>
</div>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="admonitionblock note">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">
<i class="fa icon-note" title="Note"></i>
</td>
<td class="content">
Cluster names may be used as input in any invocation of the <code>kudu</code> command
line tool that expects a list of Kudu master RPC addresses.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
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<li><a href="#_perform_the_hostname_change">Perform the hostname change</a></li>
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