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. 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 Action menu 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.