How Do You Rename a Table in HBase?
To rename a table in HBase, apparently you have to use snapshots. So, you take a snapshot of the table and then clone it as a different name. In the HBase shell: disable ‘tableName’ snapshot ‘tableName’, ‘tableSnapshot’ clone_snapshot ‘tableSnapshot’, ‘newTableName’ delete_snapshot ‘tableSnapshot’ drop ‘tableName’ SOURCE http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#table.rename