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Handle Missing Table or Partition Locations

You need to identify missing table or partition locations, or both, to prevent upgrade failure. If the table and partition locations do not exist in the file system, you must either create a replacement partition directory (recommended) or drop the table and partition.

You perform this step if you did not modify the HSMM process to expedite the Hive upgrade.
Ensure the table and partition locations exist on the file system. If these locations don’t exist either create a replacement partition directory (recommended) or drop the table and partition.