public Path getExternalWarehouseRoot() throws MetaException {
    return warehouse.getWhRootExternal();
  }
Returns the External MetaStore Warehouse root directory name.

@return The external warehouse root directory
@throws MetaException IO failure
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/minihms/AbstractMetaStoreService.java