[jira] Commented: (HBASE-478) offlining of table does not run reliably

["Bryan Duxbury (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Bryan Duxbury commented on HBASE-478:
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It seems whatever strategy we take for this issue it'll be easier if we do HBASE-451. Maybe we should do that first?

In general, the problem is that its impossible (or at least impractical) for the client to block while a table is being offlined. So, instead, I think HTableDescriptor should get a new flag, something like isGoingDown that indicates it's not offline yet but it's supposed to be coming down. Then, whenever the client tries to do a schema operation, if the table is going down but isn't offline yet, we know to reject attempts. Regions for tables that are offline or going down won't get assigned. 

I'd go one step further and say that we should require explicit disable of table before allowing schema operations, rather than doing it automatically. It'd be an extra step but I think it would set expectations a little better about what should happen during schema operations.

> offlining of table does not run reliably
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>
>                 Key: HBASE-478
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-478
>             Project: Hadoop HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: stack
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 0.2.0
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> I have a table of 4 regions made w/ PE.  I cannot reliably offline it.  I'm using 'disable TestTable' and have traced it to ensure its not a problem in hql.    What I see is that one region will get the offlined mark or maybe two.. but never all.
> Jim in IRC suggested that if we did the .TABLE. catalog table, offlining the entry there might be more reliable than trying to offline all regions in a table.

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