How to delete all the data and metadata in HBase WITHOUT uninstalling and reinstalling?
I do not recommend this unless you are at the point of no return.
I do not know if this is the correct way to nuke the hbase data, but when I run into such inconsistencies I usually delete all the contents the directory which is holding hbase data.So the place would be look for the following property in hbase-site.xml hbase.rootdir
I have not used this approach once the system got stable on my local dev machine. Usually if I shut down the cluster properly before shutting down the system, then I do not run into such problems.