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

问题

I created a table by

create 'tablename', 'columnfamily1'

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

回答1:

It seems

alter 'tablename', 'columnfamily2'

does the trick. One may, disable 'tablename' first. However, it works fine even if enabled.

hbase(main):015:0> alter 'tablename', {NAME=> 'columnfamily2'}
Updating all regions with the new schema...
0/1 regions updated.
1/1 regions updated.
Done.

回答2:

alter 'tablename', NAME => 'newcolumnfamily', VERSIONS => 50

you can specify various properties of the new column family separated by a comma (,)

回答3:

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.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29291305/how-to-add-new-column-family-to-an-existing-hbase-table