Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java (revision 1096633) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/HLogSplitter.java (working copy) @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ boolean progress_failed = false; - boolean skipErrors = conf.getBoolean("hbase.hlog.split.skip.errors", false); + boolean skipErrors = conf.getBoolean("hbase.hlog.split.skip.errors", true); int interval = conf.getInt("hbase.splitlog.report.interval.loglines", 1024); // How often to send a progress report (default 1/2 master timeout) int period = conf.getInt("hbase.splitlog.report.period", @@ -685,8 +685,11 @@ } catch (IOException e) { // If the IOE resulted from bad file format, // then this problem is idempotent and retrying won't help - if (e.getCause() instanceof ParseException) { - LOG.warn("ParseException from hlog " + path + ". continuing"); + if (e.getCause() != null && + (e.getCause() instanceof ParseException || + e.getCause() instanceof org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumException) { + LOG.warn("Parse exception " + e.getCause().toString() + " from hlog " + + path + ". continuing"); return null; } if (!skipErrors) {