Chapter 3. Using Administration Tools
In this chapter, we will focus on:
- HBase Master Web UI
- Using HBase Shell to manage tables
- Using HBase Shell to access data in HBase
- Using HBase Shell to manage the cluster
- Executing Java methods from HBase Shell
- Row counter
- WAL tool—manually splitting and dumping WALs
- HFile tool—viewing textualized HFile content
- HBase
hbck—checking
the health of an HBase cluster - Hive on HBase—querying HBase using a SQL-like language
Introduction
Everyone expects their HBase administrator to keep the cluster running smoothly, storing a huge amount of data in it, handling maybe millions of requests simultaneously, quickly, and reliably. Keeping a large amount of data in HBase accessible, manageable, and easy to query, is a critical task ...
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