[HBASE-18941] Confusing logging error around rerun of restore on an existing table.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha-4, 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Amit Kabra
• Reporter: Amit Kabra
• Created: 04/Oct/17 16:53
• Updated: 01/Aug/18 06:20
• Resolved: 04/Oct/17 18:05

Description

On executing restore command on already existing table

./hbase restore hdfs://localhost:8020/test/ backup_1506352287382 -t test1 -m test1_restore_incremental

Output
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2017-09-25 20:46:44,624 ERROR [main] impl.RestoreTablesClient: Existing table ([test1_restore_incremental]) found in the restore target, please add "-overwrite" option in the command if you mean to restore to these existing tables
java.io.IOException: Existing table found in target while no "-overwrite" option found

But when we run the restore command again with the -overwrite option it gives error

./hbase restore hdfs://localhost:8020/test/ backup_1506352287382 -t test1 -m test1_restore_incremental -overwrite

Error when parsing command-line arguments: Unrecognized option: -overwrite