Yeah, thats right. But the issue is, hdfs that I am exporting to is not under HBase. Can you please provide some example command to do this...
Thanks, Siddharth On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Matteo Bertozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the export an HDFS path. > $ bin/hbase class org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.tool.ExportSnapshot > -snapshot MySnapshot -copy-to hdfs:///srv2:8082/hbase > > so you can export to some /my-backup-dir on your HDFS > and then you've to export back to an hbase cluster, when you want to > restore it > > Matteo > > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Siddharth Karandikar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Can't I export it to plain HDFS? I think that would be very useful. >> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Matteo Bertozzi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > The ExportSnapshot will export the snapshot data+metadata, in theory, to >> > another hbase cluster. >> > so on the second cluster you'll now be able to do "list_snapshots" from >> > shell and see the exported snapshot. >> > now you can simply do clone_snapshot "snapshot_name", "new_table_name" >> and >> > you're restoring a snapshot on the second cluster >> > >> > assuming that you have removed the snapshot from cluster1 and you want to >> > export back your snapshot.. >> > you just use ExportSnapshot again to move the snapshot from cluster2 to >> > cluster1 >> > and same as before you do a clone_snapshot to restore it >> > >> > Matteo >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Siddharth Karandikar < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi there, >> >> >> >> I am testing out newly added snapshot capability, ExportSnapshot in >> >> particular. >> >> Its working fine for me. I am able to run ExportSnapshot properly. >> >> >> >> But the biggest (noob) issue is, once exported, is there any way to >> >> import those snapshots back in hbase? I don't see any ImportSnapshot >> >> util there. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Siddharth >> >> >>
