setTableState (Hbck2)

Manually sets the state of an HBase table.

hbase hbck -j <path-to-hbck2-jar> setTableState [<TABLENAME> <STATE> | -i <INPUT_FILE>...]

-i, --inputFiles <file1> [<file2>...] Specifies one or more files containing table names and table states, one pair per line.

ENABLED
DISABLED
DISABLING
ENABLING

This command forcefully sets the state of a table in HBase. It is typically used when a table becomes stuck in an incorrect or inconsistent state.

You can check a table’s current state using the HBase shell:

hbase> get 'hbase:meta', '<TABLENAME>', 'table:state'

Common cell values include:

You can also use:

hbase> describe "<TABLENAME>"

This provides a more readable view of the table schema and its current state.

The command returns the previous state of the table before the update was applied.

hbase hbck -j <path-to-hbck2-jar> setTableState users ENABLED

Example fileName1 contents:

mytable DISABLED
another_table ENABLED

Run the command:

hbase hbck -j <path-to-hbck2-jar> setTableState -i fileName1