Sounds like https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3044, fixed for 0.8.5
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Christopher Bottaro <cjbott...@onespot.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to import data from one Cassandra cluster to another. The old > cluster is using ports 7000 and 9160 and the new cluster is using 7001 and > 9161. I ran "nodetool -h localhost snapshot" on a node on the old cluster. > I then downloaded apache-cassandra-0.8.4-bin.tar.gz, edited > conf/cassandra.yaml appropriately for the new cluster, exported > CASSANDRA_INCLUDE=bin/cassandra.sh.in (so it doesn't try to use the > installed, running Cassandra). > When I run sstableloader, I can see that it's connecting to the new cluster > (by tailing the logs), but after a few seconds, it gives the error: "Got an > unknow host from describe_ring" > After banging my head for a while, I scp'ed the snapshotted data to a node > on the *new* cluster. I again downloaded apache-cassandra-0.8.4-bin.tar.gz > and configured cassandra.yaml there appropriately (with listen_address: > 127.0.0.1 so as to not conflict with the Cassandra already running on the > node). > Running sstableloader resulted in the same error. > "nodetool -h localhost ring" shows a healthy cluster. Running that command > works both locally and remotely. I can connect to the cluster using > cassandra-cli both locally and remotely as well. > Any ideas? Thanks for the help. -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com
