get “ERROR: Can't get master address from ZooKeeper; znode data == null” when using Hbase shell

Question

I installed Hadoop2.2.0 and Hbase0.98.0 and here is what I do :

$ ./bin/start-hbase.sh 

$ ./bin/hbase shell

2.0.0-p353 :001 > list

the

Answer 1

This could also happen if the vm or the host machine is put to sleep ,Zookeeper will not stay live. Restarting the VM should solve the problem.