Unknown version specified for initialization: 3.1.0 schemaTool failed

I installed Hive on Windows 10 and I am using Cygwin to use the schemaTool utility in order to initialize metastore, as it is not compatible with the Windows Terminal.

I attempt to run the following command:

$ $HIVE_HOME/bin/schematool -dbType derby -initSchema --verbose

And I am getting the following error:

Metastore connection URL:        jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/metastore_db;create=true
Metastore Connection Driver :    org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
Metastore connection User:       APP
Starting metastore schema initialization to 3.1.0
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaException: Unknown version specified for initialization: 3.1.0
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaException: Unknown version specified for initialization: 3.1.0
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreSchemaInfo.generateInitFileName(MetaStoreSchemaInfo.java:137)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:585)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:567)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.main(HiveSchemaTool.java:1517)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:323)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:236)
*** schemaTool failed ***

My Hadoop version is 3.2.0 and my Hive version is 3.1.2.

Solution

yeah finally I have solved it no need of Cygwin.

first download these cmds and paste them in bin folder which you might have already done

https://github.com/HadiFadl/Hive-cmd

no need to repeat it if you have already done it :)

i have created the database in mysql by create database metastore_db;

my hive_site.xml looks like this because i choosed to use mysql, write your mysql username,password in place of root root.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>
<configuration>
    <property>
        <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name>
        <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3307/metastore_db?createDatabaseIfNotExist=false&amp;useSSL=true</value>
        <description>metadata is stored in a MySQL server</description>
    </property>
    <property>
        <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name>
        <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
        <description>MySQL JDBC driver class</description>
    </property>
    <property>
        <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name>
        <value>root</value>
        <description>user name for connecting to mysql server</description>
    </property>
    <property>
        <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name>
        <value>root</value>
        <description>password for connecting to mysql server</description>
    </property>
</configuration>

write this in cmd:

hive --service schematool -dbType derby -initSchema

or write this if you are using mysql as backend:

hive --service schematool -dbType mysql -initSchema

if you get output at the end like

Initialization script completed
schemaTool completed

you have successfully done it. else try to go to C:\apache-hive-3.1.2-bin\bin via cmd and then execute it.