ankitsol commented on code in PR #6788: URL: https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/6788#discussion_r2152621143
########## hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java: ########## @@ -149,12 +149,20 @@ public void execute() throws IOException { try (Admin admin = conn.getAdmin()) { beginBackup(backupManager, backupInfo); + // Gather the bulk loads being tracked by the system, which can be deleted (since their data + // will be part of the snapshot being taken). We gather this list before taking the actual + // snapshots for the same reason as the log rolls. + List<BulkLoad> bulkLoadsToDelete = backupManager.readBulkloadRows(tableList); Review Comment: @Kota-SH Post bulkload operation, user is advised to take a backup, as part of continuous backup and PITR design (I think this is not yet documented, I will add a comment in design to add this part) Earlier we implemented WALPlayer with bulkload restore functionality but that could have resulted in timeouts or performance issues, so we dropped this WALPlayer modification and decided to ask user to take a backup (ideally incremental backup) post a bulkload operation so restore is fast -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@hbase.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org