After updated to =dev-java/jdbc-postgresql-9.4_p1204, metastore server of hive-1.2.1 can't start again, after downgraded to <=dev-java/jdbc-postgresql-9.4_p1203, it worked again, nothing changed on hive configuration. I'm not good at java, just give you full output, hope it helps: ./bin/hive --service metastore Starting Hive Metastore Server javax.jdo.JDOFatalInternalException: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.NucleusJDOHelper.getJDOExceptionForNucleusException(NucleusJDOHelper.java:591) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.freezeConfiguration(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:788) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.createPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:333) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:202) 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:497) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper$16.run(JDOHelper.java:1965) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invoke(JDOHelper.java:1960) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invokeGetPersistenceManagerFactoryOnImplementation(JDOHelper.java:1166) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:808) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:701) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPMF(ObjectStore.java:365) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPersistenceManager(ObjectStore.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.initialize(ObjectStore.java:291) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.setConf(ObjectStore.java:258) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:76) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.<init>(RawStoreProxy.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.getProxy(RawStoreProxy.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.newRawStore(HiveMetaStore.java:593) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:571) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:624) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:461) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:72) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5756) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5751) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.startMetaStore(HiveMetaStore.java:5984) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.main(HiveMetaStore.java:5909) 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:497) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) NestedThrowablesStackTrace: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusException: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.RDBMSMappingManager.getDatastoreMappingClass(RDBMSMappingManager.java:1215) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.RDBMSMappingManager.createDatastoreMapping(RDBMSMappingManager.java:1378) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.table.ProbeTable.initialize(ProbeTable.java:66) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSStoreManager.initialiseSchema(RDBMSStoreManager.java:1430) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSStoreManager.<init>(RDBMSStoreManager.java:391) 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:422) at org.datanucleus.plugin.NonManagedPluginRegistry.createExecutableExtension(NonManagedPluginRegistry.java:631) at org.datanucleus.plugin.PluginManager.createExecutableExtension(PluginManager.java:301) at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.createStoreManagerForProperties(NucleusContext.java:1187) at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.initialise(NucleusContext.java:356) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.freezeConfiguration(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:775) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.createPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:333) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:202) 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:497) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper$16.run(JDOHelper.java:1965) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invoke(JDOHelper.java:1960) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invokeGetPersistenceManagerFactoryOnImplementation(JDOHelper.java:1166) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:808) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:701) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPMF(ObjectStore.java:365) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPersistenceManager(ObjectStore.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.initialize(ObjectStore.java:291) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.setConf(ObjectStore.java:258) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:76) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.<init>(RawStoreProxy.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.getProxy(RawStoreProxy.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.newRawStore(HiveMetaStore.java:593) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:571) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:624) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:461) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:72) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5756) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5751) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.startMetaStore(HiveMetaStore.java:5984) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.main(HiveMetaStore.java:5909) 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:497) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) Exception in thread "main" javax.jdo.JDOFatalInternalException: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.NucleusJDOHelper.getJDOExceptionForNucleusException(NucleusJDOHelper.java:591) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.freezeConfiguration(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:788) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.createPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:333) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:202) 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:497) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper$16.run(JDOHelper.java:1965) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invoke(JDOHelper.java:1960) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invokeGetPersistenceManagerFactoryOnImplementation(JDOHelper.java:1166) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:808) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:701) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPMF(ObjectStore.java:365) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPersistenceManager(ObjectStore.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.initialize(ObjectStore.java:291) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.setConf(ObjectStore.java:258) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:76) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.<init>(RawStoreProxy.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.getProxy(RawStoreProxy.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.newRawStore(HiveMetaStore.java:593) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:571) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:624) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:461) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:72) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5756) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5751) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.startMetaStore(HiveMetaStore.java:5984) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.main(HiveMetaStore.java:5909) 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:497) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136) NestedThrowablesStackTrace: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusException: The java type java.lang.Integer (jdbc-type="", sql-type="") cant be mapped for this datastore. No mapping is available. at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.RDBMSMappingManager.getDatastoreMappingClass(RDBMSMappingManager.java:1215) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.mapping.RDBMSMappingManager.createDatastoreMapping(RDBMSMappingManager.java:1378) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.table.ProbeTable.initialize(ProbeTable.java:66) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSStoreManager.initialiseSchema(RDBMSStoreManager.java:1430) at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSStoreManager.<init>(RDBMSStoreManager.java:391) 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:422) at org.datanucleus.plugin.NonManagedPluginRegistry.createExecutableExtension(NonManagedPluginRegistry.java:631) at org.datanucleus.plugin.PluginManager.createExecutableExtension(PluginManager.java:301) at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.createStoreManagerForProperties(NucleusContext.java:1187) at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.initialise(NucleusContext.java:356) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.freezeConfiguration(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:775) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.createPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:333) at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:202) 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:497) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper$16.run(JDOHelper.java:1965) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invoke(JDOHelper.java:1960) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.invokeGetPersistenceManagerFactoryOnImplementation(JDOHelper.java:1166) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:808) at javax.jdo.JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory(JDOHelper.java:701) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPMF(ObjectStore.java:365) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getPersistenceManager(ObjectStore.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.initialize(ObjectStore.java:291) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.setConf(ObjectStore.java:258) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:76) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.<init>(RawStoreProxy.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RawStoreProxy.getProxy(RawStoreProxy.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.newRawStore(HiveMetaStore.java:593) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.getMS(HiveMetaStore.java:571) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.createDefaultDB(HiveMetaStore.java:624) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.init(HiveMetaStore.java:461) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.<init>(RetryingHMSHandler.java:66) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.getProxy(RetryingHMSHandler.java:72) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5756) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.newRetryingHMSHandler(HiveMetaStore.java:5751) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.startMetaStore(HiveMetaStore.java:5984) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore.main(HiveMetaStore.java:5909) 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:497) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136)
Hi and thank you for the bug report. Can you file a bug upstream? Like you, we can only notice the bug but cannot do much about it. Upstream URL is: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:summary-panel We could file a bug on your behalf but Hive devs will ask for specific details about your configuration and such so I guess it's best to do it yourself and fill them in. Please let us know / reopen if you need help.