https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-will-allow-you-to-bring-your-own-hms/m-p/17881#M11804 <P>@Kunal Gaurav​&nbsp;yes, it is treated as a synthetic catalog. You can query it by using the convention "hive_metastore" as the catalog name. i.e. SELECT * FROM hive_metastore.schema_name.table_name</P><P></P><P>This will work for internal HMS, external HMS and Glue.</P><P></P><P>You cannot set any Unity ACLs on these HMS/Glue objects currently.</P><P></P><P>You can use the Upgrade Wizard in the DBSQL Explorer to upgrade HMS/Glue schemas and tables to Unity Catalog.</P> Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:27:05 GMT zpappa 2022-07-06T00:27:05Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-will-allow-you-to-bring-your-own-hms/m-p/17879#M11802 <P>Anyone know more about how the Unity Catalog will allow you to bring your own HMS (eg Glue)?</P><P>Will this be treated as a separate 'catalog', which you can access but you can't use the other features of Unity Catalog on eg ABAC etc</P><P>Any reading on this topic?</P> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:31:13 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-will-allow-you-to-bring-your-own-hms/m-p/17879#M11802 User16826994223 2021-06-28T11:31:13Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-will-allow-you-to-bring-your-own-hms/m-p/17881#M11804 <P>@Kunal Gaurav​&nbsp;yes, it is treated as a synthetic catalog. You can query it by using the convention "hive_metastore" as the catalog name. i.e. SELECT * FROM hive_metastore.schema_name.table_name</P><P></P><P>This will work for internal HMS, external HMS and Glue.</P><P></P><P>You cannot set any Unity ACLs on these HMS/Glue objects currently.</P><P></P><P>You can use the Upgrade Wizard in the DBSQL Explorer to upgrade HMS/Glue schemas and tables to Unity Catalog.</P> Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:27:05 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/unity-catalog-will-allow-you-to-bring-your-own-hms/m-p/17881#M11804 zpappa 2022-07-06T00:27:05Z