You learn how to identify an error related to high partition workloads that require
configuration of your Hive Virtual Warehouse to run successfully. You might need to
configure your Virtual Warehouse to prevent these errors when inserting data into workloads
with a large number of partitions and columns.
To prevent an error when inserting data into a high partition workload, such as a
table having 5,000 partitions and 100 columns, configure the Hive Virtual Warehouse as
described in the steps below. The error message you might see when inserting data
into a high partition workload that is not configured properly looks something like
this:
ERROR : FAILED: Execution Error, return code 40000 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MoveTask. MetaException(message:One or more instances could not be made persistent)
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Try changing the size of your Hive Virtual
Warehouse.
For example, if you experience the high partition error in a small Virtual
Warehouse, try using a medium Virtual Warehouse and set min/max nodes to
40.
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In the CDW UI, in Overview, go to the Virtual
Warehouses tab, click , and select
Edit corresponding to your Virtual Warehouse.
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Click .
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Tune HS2 parameters in the Virtual Warehouse.
For example, search for and set the following properties, or if the
property is not found, click
Add Custom Configuration to
add a custom configuration, and set it as
follows:
set hive.optimize.sort.dynamic.partition.threshold=0;
set hive.thrift.client.max.message.size=2147483647;
set hive.metastore.client.skip.columns.for.partitions=true;
set hive.stats.autogather=false;
set hive.stats.column.autogather=false;
set hive.msck.repair.batch.size=[***TABLE SCHEMA SIZE***];
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Go to the Database Catalogs tab, and select your
Database Catalog.
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Click Options , and select Edit.
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Tune Metastore parameters in the Database Catalog.
For example, click , search for and set the following properties, or if the property
is not found, click
+ to add a custom configuration, and
set it as follows.
hive.metastore.direct.sql.batch.size=[***TABLE SCHEMA SIZE***]
hive.txn.timeout=3600
hive.metastore.try.direct.sql=true
hive.metastore.try.direct.sql.ddl=true
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Click Apply Changes.