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Understanding how DDL commands affect Hive tables during replication

Before you create Hive replication policies, you must understand how DDL commands affect the Hive tables during replication.

The following scenarios apply when you use the drop table and truncate table DDL commands on Hive tables:
  • If you configure replication of a Hive table and then later drop that table, the table remains on the destination cluster. The table is not dropped when subsequent replications occur.
  • If you drop a table on the destination cluster, and the table is still included in the replication job, the table is re-created on the destination during the replication.
  • If you drop a table partition or index on the source cluster, the replication job also drops them on the destination cluster.
  • If you truncate a table, and the Delete Policy for the replication job is set to Delete to Trash or Delete Permanently, the corresponding data files are deleted on the destination during a replication.