Yes, that's the problem. Some long bucket names are listed in the results from ec2-describe-images, but others are not. I've added a workaround to the script distribution at https://hbase.s3.amazonaws.com/hbase-ec2-0.20.4.tar.gz and in HBase SVN.
- Andy > From: Patrick Salami > Thanks Andrew! > The new launch scripts that you posted below are working > great. FYI, the scripts that ship with 0.20.4 don't work: > > http://pastebin.org/219789 > > Not sure if that's addressed by HBASE-2533.