https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Getting-java-io-IOException-Schema-script-failed-errorcode-2/m-p/205116#M167102 <P>I am also having same issue, </P><P>the o/p of /usr/hdp/current/hive-server2-hive2/bin/schematool -dbType mysql -initSchema -verbose is as follows,</P><P>SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings. SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/hdp/2.5.5.0-157/hive2/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.6.2.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/hdp/2.5.5.0-157/hadoop/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: See <A href="http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings" target="_blank">http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings</A> for an explanation. SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory] Metastore connection URL: jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/var/lib/hive/metastore/metastore_db;create=true Metastore Connection Driver : org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver Metastore connection User: APP Starting metastore schema initialization to 2.1.0 Initialization script hive-schema-2.1.0.mysql.sql Connecting to jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/var/lib/hive/metastore/metastore_db;create=true Connected to: Apache Derby (version 10.10.2.0 - (1582446)) Driver: Apache Derby Embedded JDBC Driver (version 10.10.2.0 - (1582446)) Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED 0: jdbc:derby:&gt; !autocommit on Autocommit status: true 0: jdbc:derby:&gt; /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */ Error: Syntax error: Encountered "&lt;EOF&gt;" at line 1, column 64. (state=42X01,code Closing: 0: jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/var/lib/hive/metastore/metastore_db;create org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaException: Schema initialization FAILED Underlying cause: java.io.IOException : Schema script failed, errorcode 2 org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaException: Schema initialization FAILED at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:304 at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:277 at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.main(HiveSchemaTool.java:526) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl. at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:233) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:148) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Schema script failed, errorcode 2 at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.runBeeLine(HiveSchemaTool.java at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.runBeeLine(HiveSchemaTool.java at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:300 ... 8 more *** schemaTool failed ***<BR /></P><P>What does this means??</P> Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:02:41 GMT girish28mane 2017-09-01T14:02:41Z