Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java (revision 1294210) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/CatalogTracker.java (working copy) @@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ // Pass } catch (ServerNotRunningYetException e) { // Pass -- remote server is not up so can't be carrying root + } catch (UnknownHostException e) { + // Pass -- server name doesn't resolve so it can't be assigned anything. } return (connection == null)? false: verifyRegionLocation(connection, @@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ // Pass } catch (ServerNotRunningYetException e) { // Pass -- remote server is not up so can't be carrying .META. + } catch (UnknownHostException e) { + // Pass -- server name doesn't resolve so it can't be assigned anything. } catch (RetriesExhaustedException e) { // Pass -- failed after bunch of retries. LOG.debug("Failed verify meta region location after retries", e);