Hi, As described in https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18792 The hbck utility is only provided to HBase < 2.0, and have blocked actions that can corrupt metadata in HBase > 2.0 There is a patch for hbck to work in HBase > 2.0 in this JIRA: https://jira.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-19121 It's not closed and i have not tried to apply the patch, but it could help. ... View more