@Override protected int doWork() throws Exception { Connection connection = null; Admin admin = null; try { connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(getConf()); admin = connection.getAdmin(); HBaseProtos.SnapshotDescription.Type type = HBaseProtos.SnapshotDescription.Type.FLUSH; if (snapshotType != null) { type = ProtobufUtil.createProtosSnapShotDescType(snapshotName); } admin.snapshot( new SnapshotDescription(snapshotName, tableName, ProtobufUtil.createSnapshotType(type))); } catch (Exception e) { return -1; } finally { if (admin != null) { admin.close(); } if (connection != null) { connection.close(); } } return 0; }