Hive : Unable to start metastore issue

Exception :

smartechie:confluent-3.3.0 sudhir.pradhan$ hive

SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hive/2.1.0/libexec/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.4.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hadoop/2.8.0/libexec/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory]
Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hive/2.1.0/libexec/lib/hive-common-2.1.0.jar!/hive-log4j2.properties Async: trueException in thread “main” java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:578) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.beginStart(SessionState.java:518) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:705) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:641) 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:234) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:148)Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.registerAllFunctionsOnce(Hive.java:226) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.<init>(Hive.java:366) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.create(Hive.java:310) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getInternal(Hive.java:290) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.get(Hive.java:266) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:545) … 9 moreCaused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreUtils.newInstance(MetaStoreUtils.java:1627) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.<init>(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:80) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.getProxy(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:130) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.getProxy(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:101) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createMetaStoreClient(Hive.java:3317) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getMSC(Hive.java:3356) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getMSC(Hive.java:3336) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getAllFunctions(Hive.java:3590) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.reloadFunctions(Hive.java:236) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.registerAllFunctionsOnce(Hive.java:221) … 14 moreCaused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreUtils.newInstance(MetaStoreUtils.java:1625) … 23 moreCaused by: MetaException(message:Could not connect to meta store using any of the URIs provided. Most recent failure: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:226) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.open(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:466) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:279) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:70) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreUtils.newInstance(MetaStoreUtils.java:1625) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.<init>(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:80) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.getProxy(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:130) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.getProxy(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:101) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createMetaStoreClient(Hive.java:3317) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getMSC(Hive.java:3356) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getMSC(Hive.java:3336) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getAllFunctions(Hive.java:3590) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.reloadFunctions(Hive.java:236) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.registerAllFunctionsOnce(Hive.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.<init>(Hive.java:366) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.create(Hive.java:310) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getInternal(Hive.java:290) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.get(Hive.java:266) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:545) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.beginStart(SessionState.java:518) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:705) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:641) 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:234) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:148)Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:221) … 31 more) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.open(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:513) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:279) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.<init>(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:70) … 28 more

Solution : Remove all lock files, you should good to go.

rm metastore_db/*.lck

smartechie:confluent-3.3.0 sudhir.pradhan$ ls metastore_db/*.lck

smartechie:confluent-3.3.0 sudhir.pradhan$ ls metastore_db/*.lck

metastore_db/db.lck

dbex.lck