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Ted Yu commented on HBASE-8352: ------------------------------- See release notes in HDFS-4666 for how ".snapshot" is handled by hdfs with snapshot capability. > Rename '.snapshot' directory > ---------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-8352 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8352 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Ted Yu > Assignee: Ted Yu > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.98.0, 0.94.7, 0.95.1 > > Attachments: 8352-0.94-v1.txt, 8352-trunk.txt, 8352-trunk-v2.txt > > > Testing HBase Snapshot on top of Hadoop's Snapshot branch > (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/HDFS-2802/), we found > that both features used '.snapshot' directory to store metadata. > HDFS (built from HDFS-2802 branch) doesn't allow paths with .snapshot as a > component > From discussion on d...@hbase.apache.org, (see > http://search-hadoop.com/m/kY6C3cXMs51), consensus was to rename '.snapshot' > directory in HBase so that both features can co-exist smoothly. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira