Shark and BlinkDB can't be run simultaneously

[henryem]

By default, Shark and BlinkDB share a lock on the Hive metastore. This can cause the following error if you execute a query while you have both Shark and BlinkDB (or two Shark, or two BlinkDB) shells open:

13/08/30 12:00:56 WARN component.AbstractLifeCycle: FAILED [email protected]:3030: java.net.BindException: Address already in use java.net.BindException: Address already in use ...

The easiest way to fix this is to kill one of the two shells. You can also configure Shark or BlinkDB to use a new metastore.