Re: Rename cluster

2012-11-29 Thread Rob Coli
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Wei Zhu wrote: > I am trying to rename a cluster by following the instruction on Wiki: > [...] > I have to remove the data directory in order to change the cluster name. > Luckily it's my testing box, so no harm. Just wondering what has been > changed not to allow

Re: Rename cluster

2012-11-29 Thread Edward Capriolo
Since the cluster name is only cosmetic people do not often change it. I would not do this in a production cluster for sure. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Wei Zhu wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to rename a cluster by following the instruction on Wiki: > > Cassandra says "ClusterName mismatch: old

Rename cluster

2012-11-29 Thread Wei Zhu
Hi, I am trying to rename a cluster by following the instruction on Wiki: Cassandra says "ClusterName mismatch: oldClusterName != newClusterName" and refuses to start To prevent operator errors, Cassandra stores the name of the cluster in its system table. If you need to rename a cluster for s