https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/kudu-tables-migration-from-one-cluster-to-another-cluster/m-p/303144#M221412 <P>I have tested the backup/restore solution and seems to be working like charm with spark :&nbsp;</P> <P data-unlink="true">-First, check and record the names as given in the list of the kudu_master (or the primary elected master in case of multi masters )&nbsp;<BR />http://Master1:8051/tables&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>-Download the kudu-backupX.X.jar in case you can't find it in&nbsp;/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-X.Xcdh.XX/lib/ and put it there&nbsp;</P> <P>-In&nbsp;kuduMasterAddresses you put the name of your Kudu_master or the names of your three masters separated by ','</P> <P><BR />-Backup :&nbsp;<BR />sudo -u hdfs spark2-submit --class org.apache.kudu.backup.KuduBackup&nbsp; /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-X.Xcdh.XX/lib/kudu-backup2_2.11-1.13.0.jar --kuduMasterAddresses MASTER1(,MASTER2,..) --rootPath hdfs:///PATH_HDFS<BR />impala::DB.TABLE<BR /><BR /></P> <P>-COPY :<BR />sudo -u hdfs hadoop distcp -i - hdfs:///PATH_HDFS/DB.TABLE hdfs://XXX:8020/kudu_backups/<BR /><BR />-Restore:</P> <P>sudo -u hdfs spark2-submit --class org.apache.kudu.backup.KuduRestore /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-X.Xcdh.XX/lib/kudu-backup2_2.11-1.13.0.jar --kuduMasterAddresses MASTER1(,MASTER2,..) --rootPath hdfs:///PATH_HDFS&nbsp;impala::DB.TABLE<BR /><BR />finally<BR />INVALIDATE METADATA&nbsp;<BR /><BR /></P> Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:23:28 GMT Bildervic 2020-09-21T21:23:28Z