HBase Service Fails to Start with "HBase file layout needs to be upgraded. You have version null and I want version 8. Consult http://hbase.apache.org/book.html for further information about upgrading HBase. Is your hbase.rootdir valid?"
(Doc ID 2205579.1)
Last updated on JULY 10, 2021
Applies to:
Big Data Appliance Integrated Software - Version 4.5.0 and laterLinux x86-64
Symptoms
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The HBase service starts raising errors like below after some work involving hdfs transparent encryption is done. The service will not start due to the HBase master not starting.
Unhandled exception. Starting shutdown.
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FileSystemVersionException: HBase file layout needs to be upgraded. You have version null and I want version 8. Consult http://hbase.apache.org/book.html for further information about upgrading HBase. Is your hbase.rootdir valid? If so, you may need to run 'hbase hbck -fixVersionFile'.
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.checkVersion(FSUtils.java:680)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.checkRootDir(MasterFileSystem.java:464)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.createInitialFileSystemLayout(MasterFileSystem.java:155)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.<init>(MasterFileSystem.java:130)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.finishActiveMasterInitialization(HMaster.java:663)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.access$600(HMaster.java:188)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster$1.run(HMaster.java:1777)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FileSystemVersionException: HBase file layout needs to be upgraded. You have version null and I want version 8. Consult http://hbase.apache.org/book.html for further information about upgrading HBase. Is your hbase.rootdir valid? If so, you may need to run 'hbase hbck -fixVersionFile'.
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils.checkVersion(FSUtils.java:680)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.checkRootDir(MasterFileSystem.java:464)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.createInitialFileSystemLayout(MasterFileSystem.java:155)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem.<init>(MasterFileSystem.java:130)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.finishActiveMasterInitialization(HMaster.java:663)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster.access$600(HMaster.java:188)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster$1.run(HMaster.java:1777)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
1. As 'hbase' user running "hadoop fs -ls /hbase" shows the following:
Cause
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