topic Re: Legacy hive_metatstore corruption in Data Engineering

Legacy hive_metatstore corruption

thbeh_com — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:21:33 GMT

I am seeing some legacy hive_metastore corruption (especially tables created as parquet instead of Delta) lately in my client's place, who is in the midst of migrating to UC. We were provided with a Scala code to remove the erroneous Parquet files physically. Anyone facing a similar issue?

Re: Legacy hive_metatstore corruption

lingareddy_Alva — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:47:42 GMT

HI @thbeh_com

Yes, this is a fairly common issue during UC migrations, especially with legacy Hive metastore tables. The corruption typically happens because:
- Metadata-data misalignment - Hive metastore references files that no longer exist or have been moved
- Parquet schema evolution issues - Column changes not properly reflected in metastore
- Concurrent operations during migration causing inconsistent states
- File system operations bypassing Hive metastore updates

Re: Legacy hive_metatstore corruption

thbeh_com — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:05:59 GMT

Thanks @lingareddy_Alva. Your points very much reflect the current situation.