MOTF Troubleshooting #1 |Teradata MOTF - 1. Replace or Drop Operation Fails for Data Lake - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® Open Table Format for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake User Guide

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
October 2025
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2025-10-25
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Issue: Customer is unable to replace or drop a Datalake. (Error : 4850 : Datalake \'%VSTR\' is still being used.)

Cause: The Datalake is linked to one or more MOTF tables.

Resolution: Before replacing or dropping the datalake, the customer must first drop all MOTF tables linked to it.