Disabling tables in HBase 0.20

[Mathias De Maré]

Hi,

I tried to disable a table using the shell, and got an Exception:

hbase(main):004:0* disable 'url'
NativeException: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RegionException: Retries exhausted,
it took too long to wait for the table url to be disabled.
    from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java:406:in
`disableTable'
    from org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java:366:in
`disableTable'
    from sun/reflect/NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:-2:in `invoke0'
    from sun/reflect/NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39:in `invoke'
    from sun/reflect/DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25:in `invoke'
    from java/lang/reflect/Method.java:597:in `invoke'
    from org/jruby/javasupport/JavaMethod.java:298:in
`invokeWithExceptionHandling'
    from org/jruby/javasupport/JavaMethod.java:259:in `invoke'
    from org/jruby/java/invokers/InstanceMethodInvoker.java:44:in `call'
    from org/jruby/runtime/callsite/CachingCallSite.java:273:in
`cacheAndCall'
    from org/jruby/runtime/callsite/CachingCallSite.java:112:in `call'
    from org/jruby/ast/CallOneArgNode.java:57:in `interpret'
    from org/jruby/ast/NewlineNode.java:104:in `interpret'
    from org/jruby/ast/BlockNode.java:71:in `interpret'
    from org/jruby/internal/runtime/methods/InterpretedMethod.java:163:in
`call'
    from org/jruby/internal/runtime/methods/DefaultMethod.java:144:in `call'
... 108 levels...
    from root/installation/hbase/bin/$_dot_dot_/bin/hirb#start:-1:in `call'
    from org/jruby/internal/runtime/methods/DynamicMethod.java:226:in `call'
    from org/jruby/internal/runtime/methods/CompiledMethod.java:211:in
`call'
    from org/jruby/internal/runtime/methods/CompiledMethod.java:71:in `call'
    from org/jruby/runtime/callsite/CachingCallSite.java:253:in
`cacheAndCall'
    from org/jruby/runtime/callsite/CachingCallSite.java:72:in `call'
    from root/installation/hbase/bin/$_dot_dot_/bin/hirb.rb:487:in
`__file__'
    from root/installation/hbase/bin/$_dot_dot_/bin/hirb.rb:-1:in `load'
    from org/jruby/Ruby.java:577:in `runScript'
    from org/jruby/Ruby.java:480:in `runNormally'
    from org/jruby/Ruby.java:354:in `runFromMain'
    from org/jruby/Main.java:229:in `run'
    from org/jruby/Main.java:110:in `run'
    from org/jruby/Main.java:94:in `main'
    from /root/installation/hbase/bin/../bin/hirb.rb:346:in `disable'
    from (hbase):5hbase(main):005:0>

Now, it seems I can no longer access any data in that table. (For example, I
can't do 'count 'url'' anymore.)
It looks somewhat related to
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1636 .
Is there a way to still get the data out of that table? And to disable and
enable the table, so I can change the blocksize?

Mathias