@Chakra You may also have Hive data declared as an external table, in which case this data sits in a file store outside of HDFS. In such a case, as long as you back up your Hive meta store, you should be good, assuming the external file store has its own backup and restore poiclies. ... View more

@Syed Naqvi Apache Drill is not a part of the HDP out of the box, but its pretty simple to set that up and point that to your cluster. Is there a specific use case you have in mind that requires the use of Apache Drill? ... View more