sorry boss,   your post is the recommended solution, but its not working wiht me i've tried both m 1 and m1 but not working   appreciate your prompt reply ========================== [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ sqoop import-all-tables     -m 1 {{cluster_data.worker_node_hostname.length}}     --connect jdbc:mysql://{{cluster_data.manager_node_hostname}}:3306/retail_db     --username=retail_dba     --password=cloudera     --compression-codec=snappy     --as-parquetfile     --warehouse-dir=/user/hive/warehouse     --hive-import Warning: /usr/lib/sqoop/../accumulo does not exist! Accumulo imports will fail. Please set $ACCUMULO_HOME to the root of your Accumulo installation. 16/09/15 18:02:52 INFO sqoop.Sqoop: Running Sqoop version: 1.4.5-cdh5.4.2 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Error parsing arguments for import-all-tables: 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: {{cluster_data.worker_node_hostname.length}} 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --connect 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: jdbc:mysql://{{cluster_data.manager_node_hostname}}:3306/retail_db 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --username 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: retail_dba 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --password 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: cloudera 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --compression-codec 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: snappy 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --as-parquetfile 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --warehouse-dir 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: /user/hive/warehouse 16/09/15 18:02:52 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --hive-import Try --help for usage instructions. ... View more