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LeoRickli · 2 weeks ago

According to the official Databricks documentation on GCP, I should have the ability to deploy a serverless SQL warehouse inside Databricks. Following the documentation, it is requested to turn on Serverless SQL warehouses (On), but there is nothing in Databricks that is resembling this option. So here is my question:

Is it possible to implement Serverless SQL warehouses on GCP?

The image below shows the options that I have inside Settings for SQL warehouses, there is no button to toggle. I do have Unity Catalog enabled and I have removed Hive metastore credentials on my workspace.

szymon_dybczak · 2 weeks ago

Hi @LeoRickli ,

The step to turn on turn on Serverless SQL warehouses (On) is only required if your account was created before March 28, 2022. Serverless compute is enabled by default for your workspaces created after that date.

And did you do 1 step from below?

Also, make sure that you meet all requirements:

Your Databricks account must not be on a free trial.
Your Databricks workspace must be on the Premium plan.
Your workspace must be in a region that supports Databricks SQL Serverless. See Databricks clouds and regions.
Your workspace must have Unity Catalog enabled. See Set up and manage Unity Catalog.
Your workspace must not use an external Hive legacy metastore. See Remove Hive metastore credentials to enable serverless.

LeoRickli · Tuesday

Hello, thanks for response!

I did all the steps required on the screenshot your provided. I'm still not able to see the "Serverless SQL warehouses (On)" toggle.

Your Databricks account must not be on a free trial.
- No, it's not on free trial.
Your Databricks workspace must be on the Premium plan.
- Yes, it's on the Premium plan.
Your workspace must be in a region that supports Databricks SQL Serverless. See Databricks clouds and regions.
- Yes, it is on a region that supports it.
Your workspace must have Unity Catalog enabled. See Set up and manage Unity Catalog.
- Yes, it does have Unity Catalog enabled.
Your workspace must not use an external Hive legacy metastore. See Remove Hive metastore credentials to enable serverless.
- This might be another issue. I'm not able to see the "Data Access Configuration" field to delete the Hive metastore credentials. My screenshot above shows that there I cannot see this and neither the "Serverless SQL warehouses (On)" toggle.