Index: bin/graceful_stop.sh =================================================================== --- bin/graceful_stop.sh (revision 1102856) +++ bin/graceful_stop.sh (working copy) @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ hostname=$1 filename="/tmp/$hostname" # Run the region mover script. +echo "Disabling balancer!" +echo 'balance_switch false' | "$bin"/hbase shell echo "Unloading $hostname region(s)" HBASE_NOEXEC=true "$bin"/hbase org.jruby.Main "$bin"/region_mover.rb --file=$filename $debug unload $hostname echo "Unloaded $hostname region(s)"