What's New in Sqoop
Learn what's new in the Apache Sqoop client in Cloudera Runtime 7.2.17.
To access the latest Sqoop documentation on Cloudera's documention web site, go to Sqoop Documentation 1.4.7.7.1.6.0.
Discontinued maintenance of direct mode
The Sqoop direct mode feature is no longer maintained. This feature was primarily designed to
import data from an abandoned database, which is no longer updated. Using direct mode has
several drawbacks:
- Imports can cause an intermittent and overlapping input split.
- Imports can generate duplicate data.
- Many problems, such as intermittent failures, can occur.
- Additional configuration is required.
Do not use the --direct option in Sqoop import or export commands.
Sqoop direct mode is disabled by default. However, if you still want to use it, enable it
by either setting the sqoop.enable.deprecated.direct property globally in
Cloudera Manager for Sqoop or by specifying it in the command-line through
-Dsqoop.enable.deprecated.direct=true.
