Deleting an External Metastore for a Cluster

Delete an inactive external metastore for a Big Data Service cluster.

You can't delete an active external metastore. To make the external metastore inactive, Activating the Local Metastore for a Cluster.

Note

You can't delete the default local metastore for a cluster.

1. On the Clusters list page, select the cluster that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the cluster, see Listing Clusters in a Compartment.
2. On the Cluster details page, under Resources, select Metastore configurations.
  
  The default local metastore is listed. An external metastore is also listed if you have created one.
3. From the Actions menu (three dots) for the inactive external metastore configuration, select Delete.
Use the oci bds bds-metastore-configuration delete command and required parameters to delete the local or external metastore configuration.
oci bds bds-metastore-configuration delete --bds-instance-id <bds_instance_id> --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 DeleteBdsMetastoreConfiguration operation to delete an external metastore.