As of April 20th, 2026, BigLake is now called Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg. BigLake metastore is now called the Lakehouse runtime catalog. Lakehouse APIs, client libraries, CLI commands, and IAM names remain unchanged and still reference BigLake.
Migrate metadata from external catalogs to Lakehouse Iceberg tables
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The BigQuery Migration Service migrates metadata from external data catalogs into
Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg. This process creates Lakehouse Iceberg
tables from supported sources,
including the Apache Hive Metastore and Apache Iceberg REST catalog
endpoints.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2026-05-26 UTC."],[],[]]
