Removing storage account location from metastore fails
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02-11-2025 07:04 AM
I am trying to remove the storage account location for our UC metastore. I am getting the error:
I have tried assigning my user and service principal permission to create external location.
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02-15-2025 11:11 AM
I think this thread might be helpful for you.
Takuya Omi (尾美拓哉)
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02-23-2025 11:50 PM
I accomplished it by creating a storage account credential and external location manually. Then I was able to able the remove the metastore path.
What then happen was that the path for __databricks_internal catalog was set to the storage account that was previously specified for metastore. I came to the conclusion that the path cannot and should not be changed for that catalog, since it is used for system tables and DLT functionality.

