Hi Ernie, The nodes are not part of the ring so I don't think remove token will help. They're just marked as unreachable only when I call describe cluster. When I do nodetool ring the nodes don't show up there.
-Giannis On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:55 PM, ehers...@gmail.com <ehers...@gmail.com>wrote: > Giannis, > > From here: > http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations#Removing_nodes_entirely > > Have you tried "nodetool removetoken" ? > > Ernie > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:20 PM, <mike...@thomsonreuters.com> wrote: > >> Hello Giannis,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Can you share a little bit on how to use the bulk loader ? We’re >> considering use bulk loader for a user case. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks,**** >> >> Mike **** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Giannis Neokleous [mailto:gian...@generalsentiment.com] >> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2011 2:50 PM >> *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org >> *Subject:* BulkLoader**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> We're using the bulk loader to load data every day to Cassandra. The >> machines that use the bulkloader are diferent every day so their IP >> addresses change. When I do "describe cluster" i see all the unreachable >> nodes that keep piling up for the past few days. Is there a way to remove >> those IP addresses without terminating the whole cluster at the same time >> and restarting it? >> >> The unreachable nodes cause issues when we want to make schema changes to >> all the nodes or when we want to truncate a CF. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> -Giannis**** >> >> This email was sent to you by Thomson Reuters, the global news and >> information company. Any views expressed in this message are those of the >> individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be >> the views of Thomson Reuters. > > >