DESCRIBE VOLUME
Applies to: 
Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS and above Unity Catalog only
Returns the metadata of an existing volume. The metadata information includes volume name, schema, catalog, type, comment, and owner.
Syntax
DESCRIBE VOLUME volume_name
Parameters
- volume_name: The name of an existing volume in the Unity Catalog. If the name does not exist, an exception is thrown.
Returns
A single row result set with the following columns:
name STRING NOT NULL: The name of the volume; it identifies the volume object.catalog STRING NOT NULL: The name of the catalog containing the volume.database STRING NOT NULL: The name of the schema containing the volume.owner STRING NOT NULL: The principal owning the volume.storageLocation STRING: The path of the external location where the external volume resides.NULLfor managed volumes.volumeType STRING NOT NULL: The type of the volume, possible values:EXTERNAL,MANAGED.comment STRING: A comment attached to the volume.
Examples
SQL
- Describe an external volume
> DESCRIBE VOLUME my_external_volume
name catalog database owner storageLocation volumeType comment
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my_external_volume default_catalog default_schema Alice s3://my-bucket/my-location/my-path EXTERNAL My first volume
- Describe a managed volume
> DESCRIBE VOLUME managed_volume
name catalog database owner storageLocation volumeType comment
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managed_volume default_catalog default_schema Alice s3://<metastore-root>/volumes/<uuid> MANAGED My first managed volume