Yeah - I would bootstrap at initial_token of -1 the current one. Then once that has bootstrapped, then decommission the old one. Avoid trying to use removetoken on anything before 0.8.3. Use decommission if you can if you're dealing with a live node.
On Sep 12, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Kyle Gibson wrote: > Version=0.7.8 > > I have a 3 node cluster with RF=3, how would I move data from a live > node to a replacement node? > > I tried an autobootstrap + decomission, but I got this error on the live node: > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: > replication factor (3) exceeds number of endpoints (2) > > And I got this error on the new node: > > Bootstraping to existing token 113427455640312821154458202477256070484 > is not allowed (decommission/removetoken the old node first). > > - > > Do I really need to do the token - 1 manual selection for this? > > Thanks
