[HIVE-10719] Hive metastore failure when alter table rename is attempted.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.1
• Component/s: Metastore
• Assignee: Vikram Dixit K
• Reporter: Vikram Dixit K
• Created: 15/May/15 03:14
• Updated: 05/Jun/15 20:57
• Resolved: 18/May/15 21:02

Description

create database newDB location "/tmp/";
describe database extended newDB;
use newDB;
create table tab (name string);
alter table tab rename to newName;

Fails:

InvalidOperationException(message:Unable to access old location hdfs://localhost:8020/tmp/tab for table x.tab)