Hi I have this exact same issue running Bulkload process using on HDP-3.1.4 env, in my case I had an encryption zone setup for HBASE where the hfiles was not created/located into hbase ez, then I found into cloudera docs that you must have the hfiles placed/generated into hbase ez so bulkload can load the hfiles, then I moved my hfiles into hbase ez and my bulkload works fine. I'm not sure if that is your use case, but if yes you have your solution now.   Another option is to remove your HBASE from the encryption zones, what I did tested and the bulkload works as well ... View more