[HBASE-6041] NullPointerException prevents the master from starting up

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.6
• Fix Version/s: 0.90.7
• Component/s: master
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jimmy Xiang
• Reporter: Jimmy Xiang
• Created: 17/May/12 20:59
• Updated: 13/Jun/22 16:30
• Resolved: 22/May/12 18:55

Description

This is 0.90 only.

2012-05-04 14:27:57,913 FATAL org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster: Unhandled exception. Starting shutdown.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager.regionOnline(AssignmentManager.java:731)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager.processFailover(AssignmentManager.java:215)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.finishInitialization(HMaster.java:419)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.run(HMaster.java:293)
2012-05-04 14:27:57,914 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster: Aborting
2012-05-04 14:27:57,915 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.HBaseServer: Stopping server on 1433