I run HRegionServer whith program arguments that is start in eclipse. 2011-11-21 09:35:12,384 WARN [main] regionserver.HRegionServerCommandLine(56): Not starting a distinct region server because hbase.cluster.distributed is false
but the following contents in $HBAE_HOME/conf/hbase-site.xml : <property> <name>hbase.cluster.distributed</name> <value>true</value> <description>The mode the cluster will be in. Possible values are false: standalone and pseudo-distributed setups with managed Zookeeper true: fully-distributed with unmanaged Zookeeper Quorum (see hbase-env.sh) </description> </property>