@Sami Ahmad You can use the "default" database in Hive without any issue. It is a fairly common approach. The error you are seeing could be related to sqoop having access problems to the PATRON database in Oracle. You can pass the --hive-table parameter to specify the name of the hive table into which you want to store the data. https://sqoop.apache.org/docs/1.4.2/SqoopUserGuide.html#_literal_sqoop_create_hive_table_literal Try adding "--hive-table default.tab1" to the command. ... View more

@Ranjith Penupalli Installing in an Azure Linux VM is not significantly different than installing in a bare metal Linux server. Ensure you have created an Azure VM that follows the recommendations/requirements documented for Ansible Tower: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/quickinstall/prepare.html This link https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/guide_azure.html covers using Ansible to deploy on Azure with playbook. While this is not specifically what you asked, you may find it helpful. You may also find this link https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/templates/ansible-advancedlinux/ helpful. Are there specific parts of the process you are having trouble with? ... View more