I am using hadoop-20.1 with hbase-20.1. I am able to create,list,scan rows/tables via hbase shell.
This is the stacktrace from client side : 09/11/24 17:13:45 WARN client.HConnectionManager$TableServers: Testing for table existence threw exception org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RetriesExhaustedException: Trying to contact region server null for region , row '', but failed after 10 attempts. Exceptions: java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchMethods(Class.java:2646) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:643) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:915) ......10 times. at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.getRegionServerWithRetries(HConnectionManager.java:994) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.MetaScanner.metaScan(MetaScanner.java:54) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.MetaScanner.metaScan(MetaScanner.java:28) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.listTables(HConnectionManager.java:427) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.tableExists(HConnectionManager.java:377) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.tableExists(HBaseAdmin.java:113) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.tableExists(HBaseAdmin.java:100) at org.apache.hama.matrix.AbstractMatrix.create(AbstractMatrix.java:131) at org.apache.hama.matrix.AbstractMatrix.tryToCreateTable(AbstractMatrix.java:110) at org.apache.hama.matrix.SparseMatrix.<init>(SparseMatrix.java:64) at org.apache.hama.matrix.SparseMatrix.random_mapred(SparseMatrix.java:122) at org.apache.hama.examples.RandomMatrix.main(RandomMatrix.java:49) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ProgramDriver$ProgramDescription.invoke(ProgramDriver.java:68) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ProgramDriver.driver(ProgramDriver.java:139) at org.apache.hama.examples.ExampleDriver.main(ExampleDriver.java:34) 09/11/24 17:13:45 INFO matrix.AbstractMatrix: Initializing the matrix storage. java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException at $Proxy1.getRegionInfo(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRootRegion(HConnectionManager.java:931) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:573) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:549) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegionInMeta(HConnectionManager.java:623) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:582) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:549) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegionInMeta(HConnectionManager.java:623) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:586) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$TableServers.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:549) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.createTable(HBaseAdmin.java:169) at org.apache.hama.matrix.AbstractMatrix.create(AbstractMatrix.java:149) at org.apache.hama.matrix.AbstractMatrix.tryToCreateTable(AbstractMatrix.java:110) at org.apache.hama.matrix.SparseMatrix.<init>(SparseMatrix.java:64) at org.apache.hama.matrix.SparseMatrix.random_mapred(SparseMatrix.java:122) at org.apache.hama.examples.RandomMatrix.main(RandomMatrix.java:49) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ProgramDriver$ProgramDescription.invoke(ProgramDriver.java:68) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ProgramDriver.driver(ProgramDriver.java:139) at org.apache.hama.examples.ExampleDriver.main(ExampleDriver.java:34) Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchMethods(Class.java:2646) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:643) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:915) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseClient.call(HBaseClient.java:723) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Invoker.invoke(HBaseRPC.java:328) ... 23 more ================================================================================== This is from the Region Server side : 2009-11-24 16:54:10,202 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Worker: MSG_REGION_OPEN: -ROOT-,,0 2009-11-24 16:54:10,392 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion: region -ROOT-,,0/70236052 available; sequence id is 3 2009-11-24 16:54:16,041 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: MSG_REGION_OPEN: .META.,,1 2009-11-24 16:54:16,047 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Worker: MSG_REGION_OPEN: .META.,,1 2009-11-24 16:54:16,088 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion: region .META.,,1/1028785192 available; sequence id is 0 2009-11-24 17:01:34,846 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: MSG_REGION_OPEN: t1,,1259062291780 2009-11-24 17:01:34,846 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: Worker: MSG_REGION_OPEN: t1,,1259062291780 2009-11-24 17:01:34,892 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion: region t1,,1259062291780/896765772 available; sequence id is 0 2009-11-24 17:03:56,053 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer: compactions no longer limited 2009-11-24 17:09:51,024 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.HBaseServer: IPC Server handler 1 on 60020, call null([...@12943ac) from 127.0.1.1:55630: error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchMethods(Class.java:2646) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:643) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:915) 2009-11-24 17:09:53,044 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.HBaseServer: IPC Server handler 2 on 60020, call null([...@189f854) from 127.0.1.1:55630: error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchMethods(Class.java:2646) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:643) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:915) 2009-11-24 17:09:55,057 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.HBaseServer: IPC Server handler 3 on 60020, call null([...@178655) from 127.0.1.1:55630: error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchMethods(Class.java:2646) at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2670) at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1603) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:643) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:915) 2009-11-24 17:09:57,067 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.HBaseServer: IPC Server handler 4 on 60020, call null([...@1be4663) from 127.0.1.1:55630: error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException Any pointers greatly appreciated. -Prasen