How Do You Rename a Table in HBase?

shell hbase

To rename a table in HBase, apparently you have to use snapshots. So, you take a snapshot of the table and then clone it as a different name.

In the HBase shell:

disable 'tableName'snapshot 'tableName', 'tableSnapshot'clone_snapshot 'tableSnapshot', 'newTableName'delete_snapshot 'tableSnapshot'drop 'tableName'

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