When you install Spark using Ambari, the hive-site.xml file is populated with the Hive metastore location.

If you move Hive to a different server, edit the SPARK_HOME/conf/hive-site.xml file so that it contains only the hive.metastore.uris property. Make sure that the hostname points to the URI where the Hive Metastore is running.

	Important
	hive-site.xml contains a number of properties that are not relevant to or supported by the Spark thrift server. Ensure that your Spark hive-site.xml file contains only the following configuration property.

<configuration>
  <property>
  <name>hive.metastore.uris</name>
  <!-- hostname must point to the Hive Metastore URI in your cluster -->
    <value>thrift://hostname:9083</value>
    <description>URI for client to contact metastore server</description>
  </property>
</configuration>