RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Version Rollback

2018-02-28 Thread Durity, Sean R
minor version upgrades). Sean Durity From: shalom sagges [mailto:shalomsag...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 3:54 AM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Version Rollback These are really good directions. Thanks a lot everyone! @Kenneth - The cluster is comprised

Re: Version Rollback

2018-02-28 Thread shalom sagges
rewrite the sstables in the older format and then sstableloader them > in the older-version cluster if need be. Alas, while there is an sstable > upgrader, there isn't a downgrader AFAIK. > > And I don't have an intimate view of version-by-version sstable format > changes a

Re: Version Rollback

2018-02-27 Thread Jeff Jirsa
rmat > changes and compatibilities. You'd probably need to check the upgrade > instructions (which you presumably did if you're upgrading versions) to tell. > > Basically, version rollback is pretty unlikely to be done. > > The OTHER option: > > 1) build a new

RE: Version Rollback

2018-02-27 Thread Kenneth Brotman
I wonder if you could use Apache Spark to do it? Kenneth Brotman From: Carl Mueller [mailto:carl.muel...@smartthings.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 9:22 AM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Version Rollback My speculation is that IF (bigif) the sstable formats are

Re: Version Rollback

2018-02-27 Thread Carl Mueller
e instructions (which you presumably did if you're upgrading versions) to tell. Basically, version rollback is pretty unlikely to be done. The OTHER option: 1) build a new cluster with the new version, no new data. 2) code your driver interfaces to interface with both clusters. Write to both

RE: Version Rollback

2018-02-27 Thread Kenneth Brotman
Could you tell us the size and configuration of your Cassandra cluster? Kenneth Brotman From: shalom sagges [mailto:shalomsag...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 6:19 AM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Version Rollback Hi All, I'm planning to upgrade my C* cl

Version Rollback

2018-02-27 Thread shalom sagges
Hi All, I'm planning to upgrade my C* cluster to version 3.x and was wondering what's the best way to perform a rollback if need be. If I used snapshot restoration, I would be facing data loss, depends when I took the snapshot (i.e. a rollback might be required after upgrading half the cluster fo