Running the Balancer

The Balancer usually shows a status of N/A on the HDFS > Status tab because the Balancer runs only temporarily.

To run the Balancer:

  1. On the HDFS > Status tab, choose Rebalance on the Actions menu.
  2. Click Rebalance that appears in the next screen to confirm. If you see a Finished status, the Balancer successfully ran and completed.
  Note:

The Balancer role is normally added (by default) when the HDFS service is installed. If it has not been added, you must add a Balancer role instance in order to rebalance HDFS and to see the Rebalance action.