Activating the Local Metastore for a Cluster

Activate the local (default) metastore for a Big Data Service cluster.

When you activate the local metastore, an existing external metastore becomes inactive.

1. Open the navigation menu and click Analytics & AI. Under Data Lake, click Big Data Service.
2. Under Compartment, select the compartment that contains the cluster.
3. In the list of clusters, click the name of the cluster.
4. On the Cluster details page, under Resources, click Metastore configurations.
5. From the Actions menu for the local metastore configuration, select Activate.
6. In the Activate local metastore dialog box, enter the Cluster admin password for the cluster.
7. Click Activate.
Use the oci bds bds-metastore-configuration activate command and required parameters to activate the local or external metastore configuration.
oci bds bds-metastore-configuration activate --bds-instance-id <bds_instance_id> --cluster-admin-password <cluster_admin_password> --metastore-config-id <metastore_config_id> [OPTIONS]
For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference for Big Data.
Use the ActivateBdsMetastoreConfiguration operation to delete an external metastore.