Here is what I did to get this done: I downloaded Hive-1.2.1 binary from Apache hive repo (http://apache.arvixe.com/hive/hive-1.2.1/) into one of my edge node. Set up local HIVE environment and set HADOOP_USER_CLASSPATH_FIRST=true. This allowed me the switch Hive version on my specific bash_profile setup. Thanks, Pramit ... View more