{"id":1198,"date":"2021-07-22T06:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T06:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2021-09-08T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:40:21","slug":"what-is-sqoop-metastore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/","title":{"rendered":"What is sqoop metastore ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TextHeading\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"sqoop-metastore\" class=\"color-purple\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sqoop Metastore:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.<\/li>\n<li>It includes details like which database,which table,which approach,what query to extract from,what target to write to and so on.<\/li>\n<li>Consider an array of SQL databases that have the same structure, but are partitioned by for performance reasons.<\/li>\n<li>Thus we have the same sqoop job running against multiple database instances at the same time, all unified at a single table in Hadoop.<\/li>\n<li>In order to get parallelization, we generate a job that manages the Sqoop sub-workflows. This results in 500 distinct sqoop jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Metastore is used to handle these complexities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageContent\">\n<div class=\"hddn\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\" alt=\"overview of sqoop metastore\" width=\"796\" height=\"466\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer : Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8770],"tags":[195,971,365,214,289,8789,291,205,196,712,7039,286,8787,8786,207,208,493,483,972,8793,1714,3819,8790,8795,8794,8792,1715,1713,8791,210,200,974,197,280,364,8788,968,216],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sqoop","tag-accenture-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-altimetrik-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-amazon-development-centre-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-cgi-group-inc-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-ciber-global-solutions-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-cloudera-sqoop-metastore","tag-datamatics-global-services-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-dell-international-services-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-ibm-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-indiabulls-technology-solutions-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-iris-software-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-lt-infotech-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-maxima-it-consulting-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-morningstar-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-mphasis-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-prokarma-softech-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-quintiles-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-reliance-industries-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-sapient-consulting-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-sqoop-default-metastore","tag-sqoop-difficult-interview-questions","tag-sqoop-interview-questions","tag-sqoop-metastore-configuration","tag-sqoop-metastore-example","tag-sqoop-metastore-location","tag-sqoop-metastore-tables","tag-sqoop-scenario-based-interview-questions","tag-sqoop-scenario-based-questions","tag-sqoop-site-xml-configuration","tag-symphony-teleca-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-tech-mahindra-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-trigent-software-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-unitedhealth-group-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-virtusa-consulting-services-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-wells-fargo-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-what-is-sqoop-metastore","tag-wipro-infotech-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-wipro-interview-questions-and-answers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wikitechy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757\"},\"headline\":\"What is sqoop metastore ?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":114,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Accenture interview questions and answers\",\"Altimetrik India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Amazon Development Centre India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"CGI Group Inc interview questions and answers\",\"Ciber Global Solutions interview questions and answers\",\"cloudera sqoop metastore\",\"Datamatics Global Services Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Dell International Services India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"IBM interview questions and answers\",\"Indiabulls Technology Solutions Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Iris Software interview questions and answers\",\"L&amp;T Infotech interview questions and answers\",\"Maxima IT Consulting India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Morningstar interview questions and answers\",\"Mphasis interview questions and answers\",\"Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Quintiles interview questions and answers\",\"Reliance Industries Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Sapient Consulting Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"sqoop default metastore\",\"sqoop difficult interview questions\",\"sqoop interview questions\",\"sqoop metastore configuration\",\"sqoop metastore example\",\"sqoop metastore location\",\"sqoop metastore tables\",\"sqoop scenario based interview questions\",\"sqoop scenario based questions\",\"sqoop-site.xml configuration\",\"Symphony Teleca interview questions and answers\",\"Tech Mahindra interview questions and answers\",\"Trigent Software interview questions and answers\",\"UnitedHealth Group interview questions and answers\",\"Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers\",\"Wells Fargo interview questions and answers\",\"what is sqoop metastore\",\"Wipro Infotech interview questions and answers\",\"Wipro interview questions and answers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sqoop\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/\",\"name\":\"What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757\"},\"description\":\"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/sqoop\\\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wikitechy\",\"description\":\"Interview Questions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.wikitechy.com\\\/interview-questions\\\/author\\\/editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy","description":"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy","og_description":"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/","og_site_name":"Wikitechy","article_published_time":"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757"},"headline":"What is sqoop metastore ?","datePublished":"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/"},"wordCount":114,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png","keywords":["Accenture interview questions and answers","Altimetrik India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","Amazon Development Centre India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","CGI Group Inc interview questions and answers","Ciber Global Solutions interview questions and answers","cloudera sqoop metastore","Datamatics Global Services Ltd interview questions and answers","Dell International Services India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","IBM interview questions and answers","Indiabulls Technology Solutions Ltd interview questions and answers","Iris Software interview questions and answers","L&amp;T Infotech interview questions and answers","Maxima IT Consulting India Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","Morningstar interview questions and answers","Mphasis interview questions and answers","Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","Quintiles interview questions and answers","Reliance Industries Ltd interview questions and answers","Sapient Consulting Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","sqoop default metastore","sqoop difficult interview questions","sqoop interview questions","sqoop metastore configuration","sqoop metastore example","sqoop metastore location","sqoop metastore tables","sqoop scenario based interview questions","sqoop scenario based questions","sqoop-site.xml configuration","Symphony Teleca interview questions and answers","Tech Mahindra interview questions and answers","Trigent Software interview questions and answers","UnitedHealth Group interview questions and answers","Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd interview questions and answers","Wells Fargo interview questions and answers","what is sqoop metastore","Wipro Infotech interview questions and answers","Wipro interview questions and answers"],"articleSection":["Sqoop"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/","name":"What is sqoop metastore ? - Sqoop Interview Questions - Wikitechy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png","datePublished":"2021-07-22T06:47:16+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-08T09:40:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757"},"description":"What is sqoop metastore ? - sqoop interview questions - Sqoop metastore is an internally implemented database that can hold the definition of a given job.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/what-is-sqoop-metastore\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/sqoop\/overview-of-sqoop-metastore.png"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/","name":"Wikitechy","description":"Interview Questions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2991,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/2991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}