Basically, it creates the local metastore, while we run the hive in embedded mode. Also, it looks whether metastore already exist or not before creating the metastore. Hence, in configuration file hive-site.xml. Property is “javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL” with default value “jdbc:derby:;databaseName=metastore_db;create=true” this property is defined. Hence, to change the behavior change the location to the absolute path, thus metastore will be used from that location.
