Perform the following steps on the NameNode host. If you are configured for NameNode HA, perform the following steps on the Active NameNode. You can locate the Active NameNode from Ambari Web > Services > HDFS in the Summary area.

Check the NameNode directory to ensure that there is no snapshot of any prior HDFS upgrade. Specifically, using Ambari Web, browse to Services > HDFS > Configs, and examine the dfs.namenode.name.dir in the NameNode Directories property. Make sure that only a "/current" directory and no "/previous" directory exists on the NameNode host.

Create the following log and other files. Creating these logs allows you to check the integrity of the file system after the Stack upgrade.

As the HDFS user, "su -l <HDFS_USER>" run the following (where <HDFS_USER> is the HDFS Service user, for example, hdfs):

Save the namespace. As the HDFS user, "su -l <HDFS_USER>", you must put the cluster in Safe Mode.

hdfs dfsadmin -safemode enter

hdfs dfsadmin -saveNamespace

	Note
	In a highly-available NameNode configuration, the command hdfs dfsadmin -saveNamespace sets a checkpoint in the first NameNode specified in the configuration, in dfs.ha.namenodes.[nameserviceID]. You can also use the dfsadmin -fsoption to specify which NameNode to connect. For example, to force a checkpoint in NameNode2: hdfs dfsadmin -fs hdfs://namenode2-hostname:namenode2-port -saveNamespace

Copy the checkpoint files located in ${dfs.namenode.name.dir}/current into a backup directory.

	Note
	In a highly-available NameNode configuration, the location of the checkpoint depends on where the saveNamespace command is sent, as defined in the preceding step.

Store the layoutVersion for the NameNode located at

${dfs.namenode.name.dir}/current/VERSION, into a backup directory where

${dfs.namenode.name.dir} is the value of the config parameter NameNode directories.

This file will be used later to verify that the layout version is upgraded.

As the HDFS user, "su -l <HDFS_USER>", take the NameNode out of Safe Mode.

hdfs dfsadmin -safemode leave

Finalize any prior HDFS upgrade, if you have not done so already. As the HDFS user, " su -l <HDFS_USER> ", run the following:

hdfs dfsadmin -finalizeUpgrade