2013-07-08 14:30:16,787 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher: ZK is null on connection event -- see stack trace for the stack trace when constructor was called on this zkw java.lang.Exception: ZKW CONSTRUCTOR STACK TRACE FOR DEBUGGING at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher.(ZooKeeperWatcher.java:143) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher.(ZooKeeperWatcher.java:127) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.initializeZooKeeper(HRegionServer.java:641) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.preRegistrationInitialization(HRegionServer.java:609) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.run(HRegionServer.java:735) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) 2013-07-08 14:30:16,789 ERROR org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn: Error while calling watcher java.lang.NullPointerException: ZK is null at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher.connectionEvent(ZooKeeperWatcher.java:366) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZooKeeperWatcher.process(ZooKeeperWatcher.java:303) at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.processEvent(ClientCnxn.java:521) at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.run(ClientCnxn.java:497)