javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL jdbc:mysql://svr1.company.com:3306/metastore_tst?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8 the URL of the MySQL database javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName com.mysql.jdbc.Driver javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName hive_tst javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword hive_tst_pwd datanucleus.autoCreateSchema false datanucleus.fixedDatastore true datanucleus.autoStartMechanism SchemaTable hive.metastore.uris thrift://svr1.company.com:9083 IP address (or fully-qualified domain name) and port of the metastore host hive.metastore.schema.verification true