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Matteo Bertozzi updated HBASE-8574:
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Summary: Add how to rename a table in the docbook (was: Add how to rename
a table in th docbook )
> Add how to rename a table in the docbook
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> Key: HBASE-8574
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8574
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: documentation
> Affects Versions: 0.94.7, 0.95.0
> Reporter: Matteo Bertozzi
> Assignee: Matteo Bertozzi
> Fix For: 0.98.0, 0.94.8, 0.95.1
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> Add a section "how to rename a table" in the doc book.
> The current easy solution without adding extra code in 94/95 is to use
> snapshots
> {code}
> hbase shell> disable 'tableName'
> hbase shell> snapshot 'tableName', 'tableSnapshot'
> hbase shell> clone 'tableSnapshot', 'newTableName'
> hbase shell> delete_snapshot 'tableSnapshot'
> {code}
> {code}
> void rename(HBaseAdmin admin, String oldTableName, String newTableName) {
> String snapshotName = randomName();
> admin.snapshot(snapshotName, oldTableName);
> admin.cloneSnapshot(snapshotName, newTableName);
> admin.deleteSnapshot(snapshotName);
> admin.deleteTable(oldTableName)
> }
> {code}
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