Is it a new zk instance on each restart? If so, try saving the zk data
restoring it before you restart the hbase cluster.
S

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:57 AM aheyne <aheyne@ccri.com> wrote:

> I'm using HBase 1.4.8 on EMR and whenever I restart HBase I disable all
> the tables before hand and shut down but after I restart, HBase
> immediately brings all the table back online. Is there a way to prevent
> this and bring HBase up with all its tables offline?
>
> Thanks,
> Austin
>