> wrt your problem, have you tried setting the following configs? > hbase.master.dns.interface > hbase.master.dns.nameserver >
Indeed I did. Any such lookup was overriden by /etc/hosts as per /etc/nsswitch.conf. Now, if I only could get a hold of the person who put that hosts entry there in the first place.. :-) > > The reason we removed the master address is that the master can now > failover to any other waiting master. You see how this could confuse > everything if it moves 2-3 times? Oh yes, I do realize how useful that is. In the end I suppose it's the usual trade-off between straightforwardness – which I was very much looking for – and useful features (and the complexity that comes with those). Cheers, Fredrik
