Thats the correct way to use remove token, it's there when the node you are removing from the ring cannot be started http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations#Removing_nodes_entirely
Dead nodes popping up and an inconsistent view of the ring is a bit nasty. You can *try* restarting the node which thing the missing node is up with using the Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false JVM property. But you may have to take more drastic action. http://www.datastax.com/docs/0.8/troubleshooting/index#view-of-ring-differs-between-some-nodes Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 10 Jul 2011, at 03:52, Héctor Izquierdo Seliva wrote: > I'm also having problems with removetoken. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but > I was under the impression that I just had to call once removetoken. > When I take a look at the nodes ring, the dead node keeps popping up. > What's even more incredible is that in some of them it says UP > >
