Can you try copying hbase-site.xml to other folder and change hbase.zookeeper.quorum to remote server and then use below command.
./hbase --config <other folder> shell Then shell will start with the configurations in hbase-site.xml of new folder. I didnt try this, but it should help you. Thanks, Rajeshbabu. ________________________________________ From: Stephen Boesch [java...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 11:03 AM To: user Subject: How to specify the hbase.zookeeper.quorum on command line invoking hbase shell We want to connect to a non-default / remote hbase server by setting hbase.zookeeper.quorum=our.remote.hbase.server on the command line invocation of "hbase shell" (and not disturbing the existing hbase-env.sh or hbase-site.xml). How to do this? Thanks!
