java.sql.SQLException: Failed to start database 'metastore_db' ERROR, while initializing database using hive

Question

I installed Hadoop and Hive on 3 cluster. I have able to login to hive from my cluster node where HIVE is running.

root@NODE_3 hive]# hive Logging initia

Answer 1

You may login to hive client from a directory where the user has write access. By default, hive will try to create temporary directory in local and HDFS when a shell is opened up.