Yes because the inserts/deletes you do first live inside the Memcache so they are not on disk. You should do a stop-hbase.sh
J-D On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Rakhi Khatwani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi J-D > > No i didnt shut down hbase b4 performing distcp. probably this is where i am > going wrong. right? > > Raakhi > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Did you shut down hbase before distcp'ing? >> >> J-D >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Rakhi Khatwani <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Andy, >> > >> > I want to back up my HBase and move to a more powerful machine. I am >> trying >> > distcp but it doesnot backup hbase folder properly. When I try restoring >> the >> > hbase folder I don't get all the records. Some tables are coming blank. >> What >> > could be the reason.?? >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I updated the Troubleshooting page on the wiki with a section >> >> about EC2. Please feel free to extend/enhance/revise. >> >> >> >> - Andy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >
