You are right the -c flag doesn't work on CDH3U0 version. -Dhbase.cluster.distributed=true solved the problem for the bulk upload.
However I am having the same NPE while trying to use the TableInputFormat. Does anyone know what is going on? Regards, Panagiotis. > From: andy.saut...@returnpath.net > To: user@hbase.apache.org > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:50:17 -0600 > Subject: RE: Help with NPE during bulk load (completebulkload) > > > Julio, > > We are running CDH3U0 ( hbase 0.90.1 ) so there may be some difference if > you are running 0.90.2. Running your workaround on CDH3U0 I get the > following: > > hadoop jar hbase-0.90.1-cdh3u0.jar completebulkload -c hbase-site.xml input > table > usage: completebulkload /path/to/hfileoutputformat-output tablename > > Note the above does not run and just prints out usage information. > > The following is a workaround that is currently working for us: > > hadoop jar hbase-0.90.1-cdh3u0.jar completebulkload > -Dhbase.cluster.distributed=true input table > > Understood our workaround doesn't load the full hbase-site.xml but it seems > to have been a sufficient workaround for our needs. > > So not sure if that's a difference between the 0.90.2 and CDH3U0, but > thought it was worth mentioning. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julio Lopez [mailto:jclopez+hb...@andrew.cmu.edu] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:27 AM > To: user@hbase.apache.org > Subject: Re: Help with NPE during bulk load (completebulkload) > > Andy, > > What are the symptoms? > > You also need to include in your classpath the directory where the zookeeper > config file (zoo.cfg) is located. > > Yes, HBASE-3714 addresses the issue discussed here. Although, it does not > fully address the NPE in > org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKConfig.parseZooCfg(ZKConfig.java:167) for > the cases when either (a) no hbase-site.xml has been loaded, or (b) an > incomplete configuration is provided, which does not specify a value for the > hbase.cluster.distributed option. > > Cheers, > > -Julio > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > Date: April 24, 2011 10:26:38 PM EDT > > Subject: RE: Help with NPE during bulk load (completebulkload) > > Source: user@hbase.apache.org Archives > > Author: Andy Sautins > > > > Julio, > > > > I agree I would love to see your workaround documented. I quickly tried > > adding a '-c configfile' > > flag to our completebulkload calls and wasn't able to get it to work. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:39 PM > > To: user@hbase.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Help with NPE during bulk load (completebulkload) > > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Andy Sautins <andy.saut...@returnpath.net> > > wrote: > >> If I'm reading it right it looks like JIRA-3714 addresses this issue. > >> > > Yeah, it looks like https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-3714 > > > >> Thanks for including your workaround ( adding -c flag ). That seems to > >> be a better > > workaround than the one we were using. > >> > > > > We should add this to the documentation Julio? Mind providing example and > > where it should > > go in the doc (I'll do the rest). > > > > Thanks, > > St.Ack > > Read more... > > >
