Sqoop Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
(Doc ID 1510470.1)
Last updated on MAY 07, 2024
Applies to:
Big Data Appliance Integrated SoftwareLinux x86-64
Purpose
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about Sqoop distributed by Cloudera for use on the Oracle Big Data Appliance(BDA).
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In this Document
| Purpose |
| Questions and Answers |
| What is Sqoop? |
| Where can I find the Sqoop Documentation? |
| Where are Cloudera Sqoop Blogs? |
| What versions of Sqoop automatically support Oracle Database and MySQL on the Oracle Big Data Appliance(BDA)? |
| Does the Sqoop export command support the --query argument? |
| Does Sqoop support incremental exports? |
| Does Sqoop support various connectors for transferring data? |
| Does Sqoop support entering an encrypted password? |
| Where can I find information on the Sqoop Teradata Connector? |
| Is Cloudera Connector for Teradata Version 1.1.1 compatible with BDA V2.0.1? |
| What is the recommended BDA node to install the Sqoop Teradata Connector? |
| Does Sqoop export support a --where parameter to filter out rows and columns during export? |
| Is there an option to read a Hive table (via Hive SQL ) and export the results? That would be something like --query on Sqoop export? |
| Is it possible to import tables into Hive running Sqoop with the --hive-import argument and either --as-avrodatafile or --as-sequencefile? |
| Can imported hive tables be created at a location other than /user/hive/warehouse directory using the --warehouse-dir or --target-dir option to specify a different warehouse directory? |
| Does 4.1.2 Sqoop support Hive external tables? |
| How to use the ShareLib in Apache Oozie in CDH 5? |
| When does new Oozie shared lib directories get created with timestamp (i.e /user/oozie/share/lib/lib_20140629002327)? And do the old timestamp directories be deleted automatically? |
| Directories under path /user/oozie/share/lib were used by CDH4 but not used in CDH5. Is this correct? If yes then why is this dir not cleaned up during upgrade & can they be cleaned up manually ? |
| In CDH5, the new Oozie shared lib directories are created inside /user/oozie/share/lib/ and not parallel to it. Is that expected ? |
| Can I use Oracle Wallet to store Oracle database password and use it with sqoop on Oracle Big Data Appliance? Do you have any procedure to do this? |
| What is the difference between Sqoop 1 and Sqoop 2? |
| Where can I find more information on Sqoop Date/Timestamp conversions? |
| References |