问题解决：
这个错误是：yarn里面的配置的格式有错误：如：
<property> <name>yarn.resourcemanager.address</name> <value>Master:8032</value> </property> <property>
在<value>标签之间不能有空格。去掉空格OK。
异常堆栈如下
2014-08-30 10:20:30,171 INFO org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService: Service ResourceManager failed in state INITED; cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Does not contain a valid host:port authority: Master:8031 (configuration property 'yarn.resourcemanager.resource-tracker.address') java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Does not contain a valid host:port authority: Master:8031 (configuration property 'yarn.resourcemanager.resource-tracker.address') at org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils.createSocketAddr(NetUtils.java:196) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration.getSocketAddr(YarnConfiguration.java:1289) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceTrackerService.serviceInit(ResourceTrackerService.java:122) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.service.CompositeService.serviceInit(CompositeService.java:107) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager$RMActiveServices.serviceInit(ResourceManager.java:470) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.createAndInitActiveServices(ResourceManager.java:823) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.serviceInit(ResourceManager.java:226) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.main(ResourceManager.java:1038) 2014-08-30 10:20:30,171 INFO org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager: Transitioning to standby state 2014-08-30 10:20:30,171 INFO org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager: Transitioned to standby state 2014-08-30 10:20:30,171 FATAL org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager: Error starting ResourceManager java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Does not contain a valid host:port authority: Master:8031 (configuration property 'yarn.resourcemanager.resource-tracker.address') at org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils.createSocketAddr(NetUtils.java:196) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration.getSocketAddr(YarnConfiguration.java:1289) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceTrackerService.serviceInit(ResourceTrackerService.java:122) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.service.CompositeService.serviceInit(CompositeService.java:107) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager$RMActiveServices.serviceInit(ResourceManager.java:470) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.createAndInitActiveServices(ResourceManager.java:823) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.serviceInit(ResourceManager.java:226) at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.init(AbstractService.java:163) at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager.main(ResourceManager.java:1038) 2014-08-30 10:20:30,186 INFO org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager: SHUTDOWN_MSG: /************************************************************ SHUTDOWN_MSG: Shutting down ResourceManager at VM_160_34_centos/10.207.160.34 ************************************************************/