[HBASE-11742] Backport HBASE-7987 and HBASE-11185 to 0.98

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.98.5
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.6
• Component/s: mapreduce, snapshots
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Esteban Gutierrez
• Reporter: Esteban Gutierrez
• Created: 14/Aug/14 09:27
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 11:53
• Resolved: 20/Aug/14 05:44

Description

HBASE-7987 improves how snapshots are handled via a manifest file. This requires reverting HBASE-11360 since introduces an alternate functionality that is not compatible with HBASE-7987.