Can you try using hbck ? In the future, don't remove anything before using hbck.
Thanks On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Shumin Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using HBase 0.92 and got stuck with deletion/recreation of a phantom > table. The table became "phantom" because hbase server went offline during > the first time when it got deleted. Since then I cannot recreate the table > because of the inconsistency catalog information. > > Below is what I got from the hbase shell (I replaced the table name with a > fake name). > > > ============================================= > * > hbase(main):005:0> create 'phantom_table','cf'* > > ERROR: Table already exists: phantom_table! > > Here is some help for this command: > Create table; pass table name, a dictionary of specifications per > column family, and optionally a dictionary of table configuration. > Dictionaries are described below in the GENERAL NOTES section. > Examples: > > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 5} > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1'}, {NAME => 'f2'}, {NAME => 'f3'} > hbase> # The above in shorthand would be the following: > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3' > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 1, TTL => 2592000, > BLOCKCACHE => true} > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', {SPLITS => ['10', '20', '30', '40']} > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', {SPLITS_FILE => 'splits.txt'} > > * > hbase(main):006:0> disable 'phantom_table'* > > ERROR: Table phantom_table does not exist.' > > Here is some help for this command: > Start disable of named table: e.g. "hbase> disable 't1'" > > ============================================= > > Here are the attempts I already did for investigation. > > - I did a fsck on /hbase. It reported healthy. > > - I did a scan on .META.. The phantom table is not listed there. > > - I checked zookeeper's hbase directory and found the phantom table. I > deleted the entry but the problem reported above still persistent. > > Any comments or suggestions are highly appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Shumin
