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Dieter De Paepe updated HBASE-28720:
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Priority: Minor (was: Major)
> Merge repairs always fail to restore the BackupSystemTable snapshot
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> Key: HBASE-28720
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28720
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: backup&restore
> Affects Versions: 2.6.0, 3.0.0, 4.0.0-alpha-1
> Reporter: Dieter De Paepe
> Priority: Minor
>
> In `BackupCommands.RepairCommand#execute`, the following code block is
> present:
> {code:java}
> repairFailedBackupDeletionIfAny(conn, sysTable);
> repairFailedBackupMergeIfAny(conn, sysTable); {code}
> Both of these methods can be sketched as:
> {code:java}
> if (there are no unresolved merges/deletes) {
> BackupSystemTable.deleteSnapshot(conn);
> } else {
> BackupSystemTable.restoreFromSnapshot(conn);
> retry merge/delete
> }{code}
> In case of failed merges, there will be no unresolved deletes, hence the
> BackupSystemTable snapshot will be deleted. As a result, the restore for the
> merges will always fail.
> Currently unsure what the risks of this are, haven't explored the merge code
> yet.
> Update: it looks like the merge code doesn't create a BackupSystemTable
> snapshot. So the restore/delete snapshot for the merge method is pointless.
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