Hi Mohit, You have the respons int your question ;)
Simple type: major_compact ".META." On the shell. To drop your table, just do: disable 'SESSION_TIMELINE' drop 'SESSION_TIMELINE' -- JM 2012/7/23, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com>: > I am trying to drop one of the tables but on the shell I get run > major_compact. I have couple of questions: > > 1. How to see if this table has more than one region? > 2. And why do I need to run major compact > > > hbase(main):010:0* drop 'SESSION_TIMELINE' > > ERROR: Table SESSION_TIMELINE is enabled. Disable it first.' > > Here is some help for this command: > > Drop the named table. Table must first be disabled. If table has > > more than one region, run a major compaction on .META.: > > hbase> major_compact ".META." >
