[ACCUMULO-3462] tablet not major compacting

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.2, 1.6.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.3, 1.6.2, 1.7.0
• Component/s: tserver

Environment

large production cluster, accumulo-1.6.2, cdh5.1.2

• Assignee: Eric C. Newton
• Reporter: Eric C. Newton
• Created: 05/Jan/15 18:10
• Updated: 02/Oct/15 18:11
• Resolved: 29/Jan/15 22:50

Description

Noticed a few tablets had hundreds of files as a result of bulk import, but had failed to compact.

These tablets are queued for NORMAL compaction, but there is no CompactionRunner reference to the tablet. The majorCompactionInProgress is set to false.

Issue Links

• breaks: ACCUMULO-3541 Seeing CompactionCanceledException errors in monitor
• incorporates: ACCUMULO-4016 compaction queued, but not running
• links to: Review