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stack commented on HBASE-21191: ------------------------------- HBASE-21191.branch-2.0.001.patch is backport of the patch committed to branch-2.1. > Add a holding-pattern if no assign for meta or namespace (Can happen if > masterprocwals have been cleared). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-21191 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21191 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: amv2 > Reporter: stack > Assignee: stack > Priority: Major > Fix For: 2.1.1 > > Attachments: HBASE-21191.branch-2.0.001.patch, > HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.001.patch, HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.002.patch, > HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.003.patch, HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.004.patch, > HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.005.patch, HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.006.patch, > HBASE-21191.branch-2.1.007.patch > > > If the masterprocwals have been removed -- operator error, hdfs dataloss, or > because we have gotten ourselves into a pathological state where we have > hundreds of masterprocwals too process and it is taking too long so we just > want to startover -- then master startup will have a dilemma. Master startup > needs hbase:meta to be online. If the masterprocwals have been removed, there > may be no outstanding assign or a servercrashprocedure with coverage for > hbase:meta (I ran into this issue repeatedly in internal testing purging > masterprocwals on a large test cluster). Worse, when master startup cannot > find an online hbase:meta, it exits after exhausting the RPC retries. > So, we need a holding-pattern for master startup if hbase:meta is not online > if only so an operator can schedule an assign for meta or so they can assign > fixup procedures (HBASE-21035 has discussion on why we cannot just > auto-schedule an assign of meta). -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)