How to add new column family to an existing HBase table?

Question

I created a table by

create \'tablename\', \'columnfamily1\'

Now is it possible to add another column family \'columnfamily2\'? What is the

Answer 1

If you consider some GUI solutions than you can easily do it with HAdmin. Simply press the "+" button in the "Alter table" page and add your new column family with all settings you need.