Hadoop Safe Mode (Maintenance Mode) Commands

Hadoop Safe Mode (Maintenance Mode) Commands

The following dfsadmin commands helps the cluster to enter or leave safe mode, which is also called as maintenance mode. In this mode, Namenode does not accept any changes to the name space, it does not replicate or delete blocks.

Command
Description
hadoop dfsadmin -safemode enter
Enter safe mode
hadoop dfsadmin -safemode leave
Leave safe mode
hadoop dfsadmin -safemode get
Get the status of mode
hadoop dfsadmin -safemode wait
Wait until HDFS finishes data block replication