Hi, If by "local physical directory" you mean a directory in the underlying OS file system, then No. You just need to create a directory in HDFS and ad it to that xml config file.
Thanks, On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ok.I got it. My questions - > > 1) Should a local physical directory be created before using this property? > 2) Should a HDFS file directory be created from Hadoop before using this > property? > > > > *From:* Dean Wampler <deanwamp...@gmail.com> > *To:* user@hive.apache.org; Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> > *Cc:* User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:44 PM > *Subject:* Re: hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a > physical directory > > The name is misleading; this is the directory within HDFS where Hive > stores the data, by default. (External tables can go elsewhere). It doesn't > really have anything to do with the metastore. > > dean > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Can some one help me on this ? I am stuck installing and configuring > Hive with Oracle. Your timely help is really aprreciated. > > *From:* Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> > *To:* Hive <user@hive.apache.org>; User <u...@hadoop.apache.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:08 PM > *Subject:* hive.metastore.warehouse.dir - Should it point to a physical > directory > > Hi, > > I am configurinig Hive. I ahve a question on the property > hive.metastore.warehouse.dir. > > Should this point to a physical directory. I am guessing it is a logical > directory under Hadoop fs.default.name. Please advise whether I need to > create any directory for the variable hive.metastore.warehouse.dir > > Thanks, > Raj > > > > > > -- > Dean Wampler, Ph.D. > @deanwampler > http://polyglotprogramming.com/ > > >
