Databricks Metastore Failing to Instantiate

James Lynch 5

Since Tuesday we have been getting on error from our metastore.

The following information failed to load:
The list of schemas in hive_metastore catalog

Followed by a rather large message We haven't made any changes to our platform at all and this appears to be coming up, some advice would be appreciated.

summary: Error in SQL statement: AnalysisException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient, data: com.databricks.backend.common.rpc.SparkDriverExceptions$SQLExecutionException: org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient at org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveExternalCatalog.$anonfun$withClient$2(HiveExternalCatalog.scala:170)

ShaikMaheer-MSFT 38,401 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-04-17T16:15:51.77+00:00

It seems like you are facing an error with your metastore. Based on the error message you provided, it looks like there is an issue with the HiveMetaStoreClient. This could be due to a number of reasons, such as a configuration issue or a problem with the underlying storage account.

To help you better, could you please provide more information about your setup? For example, are you using an external metastore with Azure Synapse Spark Pool? Also, have you made any changes to your platform recently?
ShaikMaheer-MSFT 38,401 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-04-29T11:46:18.07+00:00

Just checking if you get chance to share updates? Thank you.

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