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clarify that ACID metastore migration involves a data copy. Clarify that the pre-migration metastore should not be used once the migration is undertaken
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If you're using the internal metastore, you can use queries to export object definitions in the Hive metastore, and import them into a new database.
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Note: For ACID tables, a new copy of the data will be created. Once this script is complete, it is assumed that the old cluster will no longer be used for accessing the data/metadata referred to in the script.
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Once this script is complete, it is assumed that the old cluster will no longer be used for accessing any of the tables or databases referred to in the script.
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Note: In the case of ACID tables, a new copy of the data underneath the table will be created.
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1. Connect to the HDInsight cluster by using a [Secure Shell (SSH) client](../hdinsight-hadoop-linux-use-ssh-unix.md).
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