[HBASE-22680] [HBCK2] OfflineMetaRepair for hbase2/hbck2

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: hbase-operator-tools-1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: hbase-operator-tools-1.0.0
• Component/s: hbck2
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

Adds a version of the old OfflineMetaRepair tool from hbck1 updated to work against hbase2. Here is how you'd run it:

 $ HBASE_CLASSPATH_PREFIX=~/checkouts/hbase-operator-tools/hbase-hbck2/target/hbase-hbck2-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar ./bin/hbase org.apache.hbase.hbck1.OfflineMetaRepair -details

See section "hbase:meta region/table restore/rebuild" in hbase-hbck README in operator tools for more detail on how to run it (https://github.com/apache/hbase-operator-tools/tree/master/hbase-hbck2)

• Assignee: Michael Stack
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 11/Jul/19 22:47
• Updated: 16/Jul/19 17:10
• Resolved: 16/Jul/19 17:10

Description

Add tooling and doc that allows recovery of meta after catastrophic loss of meta table. Like the OfflineMetaRepair tool of hbck1. To address request for a tool that can 'rebuild meta from region metadata in the filesystem' as noted in the parent description.

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-22690 Deprecate / Remove OfflineMetaRepair in hbase-2+
• is superceded by: HBASE-21665 OfflineMetaRepair tool fails with NPE
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6