https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/how-to-access-mysql-in-hadoop-VM-from-host-machine/m-p/138742#M101371 <P>the thing is that you have a passed your localhosts to your VM sandbox. the sandbox itselfs contains its own mysql instance. within sqoop you are not pointing to the mysql on your windows but on your vm..</P> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:16:05 GMT henk_binnendijk 2019-01-11T22:16:05Z