diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index 8ea90209a29..b750f17a70d 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -281,8 +281,12 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-backup</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>rsgroup</id>
diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml
index 8039c4d3681..1592a3b73c3 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-spark</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-thrift</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-external-blockcache</include>
+        <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-backup</include>
       </includes>
       <!-- Binaries for the dependencies also go in the hbase-jars directory -->
       <binaries>
diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index e5d3faf1e49..3fd7562c262 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-spark-it</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-testing-util</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-thrift</include>
+        <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-backup</include>
       </includes>
       <!-- Include all the sources in the top directory -->
       <sources>
diff --git a/hbase-backup/.DS_Store b/hbase-backup/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab57a77cff5
Binary files /dev/null and b/hbase-backup/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/hbase-backup/pom.xml b/hbase-backup/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b45c936758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-backup/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <!--
+  /**
+   * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   * distributed with this work for additional information
+   * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+   * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+   * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+   *
+   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+   *
+   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   * limitations under the License.
+   */
+  -->
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+    <version>2.0.0-alpha2</version>
+    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>hbase-backup</artifactId>
+  <name>Apache HBase - Backup</name>
+  <description>Backup for HBase</description>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Make a jar and put the sources in the jar -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
+             only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+              <pluginExecutions>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[3.2,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>compile</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <ignore/>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+              </pluginExecutions>
+            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Intra-project dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-annotations</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-annotations</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-protocol-shaded</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- General dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase.thirdparty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-shaded-miscellaneous</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase.thirdparty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-shaded-netty</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- profile against Hadoop 2.x: This is the default. -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>hadoop-2.0</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <!--Below formatting for dev-support/generate-hadoopX-poms.sh-->
+          <!--h2-->
+          <name>!hadoop.profile</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.github.stephenc.findbugs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>findbugs-annotations</artifactId>
+          <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <!--dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+              <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+              <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency-->
+<!-- Hadoop needs Netty 3.x at test scope for the minicluster -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          <version>${netty.hadoop.version}</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+    <!--
+      profile for building against Hadoop 3.0.x. Activate using:
+       mvn -Dhadoop.profile=3.0
+    -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>hadoop-3.0</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>hadoop.profile</name>
+          <value>3.0</value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <hadoop.version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop.version>
+      </properties>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupAdmin.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupAdmin.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupAdmin.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupAdmin.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupClientFactory.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupClientFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupClientFactory.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupClientFactory.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupCopyJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupCopyJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupCopyJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupCopyJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupHFileCleaner.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupHFileCleaner.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupHFileCleaner.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupHFileCleaner.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupMergeJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupMergeJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupMergeJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupMergeJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupObserver.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupObserver.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupObserver.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupObserver.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreFactory.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreFactory.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreFactory.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupTableInfo.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupTableInfo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupTableInfo.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupTableInfo.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HBackupFileSystem.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HBackupFileSystem.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HBackupFileSystem.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HBackupFileSystem.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/LogUtils.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/LogUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/LogUtils.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/LogUtils.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreDriver.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreDriver.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreDriver.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreDriver.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreRequest.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreRequest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreRequest.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/RestoreRequest.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupException.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupException.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupException.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupException.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManifest.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManifest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManifest.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManifest.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupSystemTable.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupSystemTable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupSystemTable.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupSystemTable.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalBackupManager.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalBackupManager.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalBackupManager.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalBackupManager.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/IncrementalTableBackupClient.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/RestoreTablesClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/RestoreTablesClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/RestoreTablesClient.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/RestoreTablesClient.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupCopyJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupCopyJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupCopyJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupCopyJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceHFileSplitterJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceHFileSplitterJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceHFileSplitterJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceHFileSplitterJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceRestoreJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceRestoreJob.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceRestoreJob.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceRestoreJob.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/BackupLogCleaner.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/BackupLogCleaner.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/BackupLogCleaner.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/BackupLogCleaner.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/LogRollMasterProcedureManager.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/LogRollMasterProcedureManager.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/LogRollMasterProcedureManager.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/LogRollMasterProcedureManager.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedure.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedure.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedure.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedure.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedurePool.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedurePool.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedurePool.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollBackupSubprocedurePool.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollRegionServerProcedureManager.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollRegionServerProcedureManager.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollRegionServerProcedureManager.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/regionserver/LogRollRegionServerProcedureManager.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupSet.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupSet.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupSet.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupSet.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/BackupUtils.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/RestoreTool.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/RestoreTool.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/RestoreTool.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/util/RestoreTool.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBoundaryTests.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBoundaryTests.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBoundaryTests.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBoundaryTests.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupCommandLineTool.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupCommandLineTool.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupCommandLineTool.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupCommandLineTool.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDelete.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDelete.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDelete.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDelete.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteRestore.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteRestore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteRestore.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteRestore.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteWithFailures.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteWithFailures.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteWithFailures.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDeleteWithFailures.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDescribe.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDescribe.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDescribe.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupDescribe.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupHFileCleaner.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupHFileCleaner.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupHFileCleaner.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupHFileCleaner.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMultipleDeletes.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMultipleDeletes.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMultipleDeletes.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMultipleDeletes.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupRepair.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupRepair.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupRepair.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupRepair.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupShowHistory.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupShowHistory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupShowHistory.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupShowHistory.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupStatusProgress.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupStatusProgress.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupStatusProgress.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupStatusProgress.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupSystemTable.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupSystemTable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupSystemTable.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupSystemTable.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackup.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackup.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackup.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackup.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSet.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSet.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSet.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSet.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSetRestoreSet.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSetRestoreSet.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSetRestoreSet.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupSetRestoreSet.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupWithFailures.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupWithFailures.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupWithFailures.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullBackupWithFailures.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullRestore.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullRestore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullRestore.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestFullRestore.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupDeleteTable.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupDeleteTable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupDeleteTable.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupDeleteTable.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupMergeWithFailures.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupMergeWithFailures.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupMergeWithFailures.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupMergeWithFailures.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithBulkLoad.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithBulkLoad.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithBulkLoad.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithBulkLoad.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackupWithFailures.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteBackup.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteBackup.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteBackup.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteBackup.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteRestore.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteRestore.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteRestore.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRemoteRestore.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRepairAfterFailedDelete.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRepairAfterFailedDelete.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRepairAfterFailedDelete.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRepairAfterFailedDelete.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRestoreBoundaryTests.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRestoreBoundaryTests.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRestoreBoundaryTests.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestRestoreBoundaryTests.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestSystemTableSnapshot.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestSystemTableSnapshot.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestSystemTableSnapshot.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestSystemTableSnapshot.java
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/TestBackupLogCleaner.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/TestBackupLogCleaner.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/TestBackupLogCleaner.java
rename to hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/master/TestBackupLogCleaner.java
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/hbase-backup/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c322699ced2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties
+hbase.root.logger=INFO,console
+hbase.log.dir=.
+hbase.log.file=hbase.log
+
+# Define the root logger to the system property "hbase.root.logger".
+log4j.rootLogger=${hbase.root.logger}
+
+# Logging Threshold
+log4j.threshold=ALL
+
+#
+# Daily Rolling File Appender
+#
+log4j.appender.DRFA=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.DRFA.File=${hbase.log.dir}/${hbase.log.file}
+
+# Rollver at midnight
+log4j.appender.DRFA.DatePattern=.yyyy-MM-dd
+
+# 30-day backup
+#log4j.appender.DRFA.MaxBackupIndex=30
+log4j.appender.DRFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+# Debugging Pattern format
+log4j.appender.DRFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %C{2}(%L): %m%n
+
+
+#
+# console
+# Add "console" to rootlogger above if you want to use this
+#
+log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
+log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %C{2}(%L): %m%n
+
+# Custom Logging levels
+
+#log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSNamesystem=DEBUG
+
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=ERROR
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hbase=DEBUG
+
+#These settings are workarounds against spurious logs from the minicluster.
+#See HBASE-4709
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsConfig=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsSinkAdapter=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsSystemImpl=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.util.MBeans=WARN
+# Enable this to get detailed connection error/retry logging.
+# log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionImplementation=TRACE
diff --git a/hbase-it/pom.xml b/hbase-it/pom.xml
index 5d8946f1598..5709fac4fe9 100644
--- a/hbase-it/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-it/pom.xml
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-backup</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase.thirdparty</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-shaded-miscellaneous</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 484ba19d815..0ee9ba0fb77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     <module>hbase-metrics-api</module>
     <module>hbase-metrics</module>
     <module>hbase-spark-it</module>
+    <module>hbase-backup</module>
   </modules>
   <!--Add apache snapshots in case we want to use unreleased versions of plugins:
       e.g. surefire 2.18-SNAPSHOT-->