[IMPALA-7640] ALTER TABLE RENAME on managed Kudu table should rename underlying Kudu table

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.12.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.3.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Sahil Takiar
• Reporter: Mike Percy
• Created: 27/Sep/18 20:56
• Updated: 07/Apr/19 20:21
• Resolved: 07/Apr/19 20:21

Description

Currently, when I execute ALTER TABLE RENAME on a managed Kudu table it will not rename the underlying Kudu table. Because of IMPALA-5654 it becomes nearly impossible to rename the underlying Kudu table, which is confusing and makes the Kudu tables harder to identify and manage.