In a recent implementation of vSphere Big Data Extension, just after creation of my first Hadoop cluster, I realized I could not
manage it, there was a warning message saying: Upgrade the cluster to the
latest version.
cluster list --name “Cluster” --detail
On my case it was showing Earlier status.
It’s a common situation when you have clusters
created on previous versions of BDE, which was not my case; I was on a green
field scenario.
Those were the steps I used to troubleshoot it.
- Login on BDE appliance through SSH or console
- run: su serengeti
this would allow you to access the BDE’s
database
- run: psql
to interact with postgres
- run: select * from server_info
as you can see, there was no information about
my server’s version on the server info table.
To be honest, I don’t know how I end up on this
situation, either way if it happens to you, and I hope it does not, it’s how to
fix it.
- run: insert into server_info
values(1,true,2.1.0)
make sure you add the version which matches your
BDE’s version.
If you run the select command again you will see
the table updated accordingly
That’s it, now you can upgrade your clusters and
the newer ones wont show this Upgrade message anymore.
BTW, if you right click the cluster and choose
Upgrade Cluster or run cluster upgrade command, without making the table
changes I show above, the task will finish but the cluster status will still
showing you the Upgrade required info.
