emr issue

[dmcd]

When running on emr the master is failing to start:

Found config: /etc/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml
Template config: /opt/accumulo/conf/accumulo-site.xml from /opt/accumulo/conf/accumulo-site.xml.template
Attempt 0 of 7: zookeeper_is_available
Success: zookeeper_is_available completed after 0 attempts
Attempt 0 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 1..
Attempt 1 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 2..
Attempt 2 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 4..
Attempt 3 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 8..
Attempt 4 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 16..
Attempt 5 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 32..
Attempt 6 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 64..
Attempt 7 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 128..
Attempt 8 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 256..
Attempt 9 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 512..
Attempt 10 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 1024..
Attempt 11 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 2048..
Attempt 12 of 7: hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait
Unrecognized option: -9
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Retrying hdfs dfsadmin -safemode wait in 4096..