Index: src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java =================================================================== --- src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java (revision 1569160) +++ src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java (working copy) @@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ c.set("mapred.job.tracker", mrClusterJobConf.get("mapred.job.tracker")); /* this for mrv2 support */ conf.set("mapreduce.framework.name", "yarn"); + conf.setBoolean("yarn.is.minicluster", true); String rmAdress = mrClusterJobConf.get("yarn.resourcemanager.address"); if (rmAdress != null) { conf.set("yarn.resourcemanager.address", rmAdress);