As the NEWS file says, only the version 1.0.3-1.0.5 are generating those cross-dc forwarding messages that are incompatible with 1.1. If you're on 1.0.0, you shouldn't have that problem. To be more precise, 1.0.0 does not generate cross-dc forwarding message at all, so you're safe on that side.
-- Sylvain On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Any updates? > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> This is from NEWS.txt. So my question is if we are on 1.0.0-2 release do >> we still need to upgrade since this impacts releases between 1.0.3-1.0.5? >> ----- >> If you are running a multi datacenter setup, you should upgrade to >> the latest 1.0.x (or 0.8.x) release before upgrading. Versions >> 0.8.8 and 1.0.3-1.0.5 generate cross-dc forwarding that is >> incompatible >> with 1.1. >> ----- >> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> To be clear, the incompatibility we've talked about does *not* concern >>> any of the 1.0 releases (you'll want to refer NEWS file for any >>> details on the upgrade path for these versions). >>> The incompatibility here is only between 1.1.0-beta1 and 1.1.0-beta2. >>> >>> -- >>> Sylvain >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanch...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > We are currently using 1.0.0-2 version. Do we still need to migrate to >>> > the >>> > latest release of 1.0 before migrating to 1.1? Looks like >>> > incompatibility is >>> > only between 1.0.3-1.0.8. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Benoit Perroud <ben...@noisette.ch> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for the quick feedback. >>> >> >>> >> I will drop the schema then. >>> >> >>> >> Benoit. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Le 27 mars 2012 14:50, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> a écrit >>> >> : >>> >> > Actually, there was a few changes to the on-disk format of schema >>> >> > between beta1 and beta2 so upgrade is not supported between those >>> >> > two >>> >> > beta versions. >>> >> > Sorry for any inconvenience. >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > Sylvain >>> >> > >>> >> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Benoit Perroud >>> >> > <ben...@noisette.ch> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> Hi All, >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thanks a lot for the release. >>> >> >> I just upgraded my 1.1-beta1 to 1.1-beta2, and I get the following >>> >> >> error : >>> >> >> >>> >> >> INFO 10:56:17,089 Opening >>> >> >> >>> >> >> /app/cassandra/data/data/system/LocationInfo/system-LocationInfo-hc-18 >>> >> >> (74 bytes) >>> >> >> INFO 10:56:17,092 Opening >>> >> >> >>> >> >> /app/cassandra/data/data/system/LocationInfo/system-LocationInfo-hc-17 >>> >> >> (486 bytes) >>> >> >> ERROR 10:56:17,306 Exception encountered during startup >>> >> >> java.lang.NullPointerException >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.string(ByteBufferUtil.java:163) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.string(ByteBufferUtil.java:120) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.cql.jdbc.JdbcUTF8.getString(JdbcUTF8.java:77) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.cql.jdbc.JdbcUTF8.compose(JdbcUTF8.java:97) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type.compose(UTF8Type.java:35) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.cql3.UntypedResultSet$Row.getString(UntypedResultSet.java:87) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.config.CFMetaData.fromSchemaNoColumns(CFMetaData.java:1008) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.config.CFMetaData.fromSchema(CFMetaData.java:1053) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.config.KSMetaData.deserializeColumnFamilies(KSMetaData.java:261) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.config.KSMetaData.fromSchema(KSMetaData.java:242) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.db.DefsTable.loadFromTable(DefsTable.java:158) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.loadSchemas(DatabaseDescriptor.java:514) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:182) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.activate(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:353) >>> >> >> at >>> >> >> >>> >> >> org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:106) >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thanks for your support, >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Benoit. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Le 27 mars 2012 11:55, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> a >>> >> >> écrit >>> >> >> : >>> >> >>> The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of the >>> >> >>> second >>> >> >>> beta for >>> >> >>> the future Apache Cassandra 1.1. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Note that this is beta software and as such is *not* ready for >>> >> >>> production use. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> The goal of this release is to give a preview of what will become >>> >> >>> Cassandra >>> >> >>> 1.1 and to get wider testing before the final release. All help in >>> >> >>> testing >>> >> >>> this release would be therefore greatly appreciated and please >>> >> >>> report >>> >> >>> any >>> >> >>> problem you may encounter[3,4]. Have a look at the change log[1] >>> >> >>> and >>> >> >>> the >>> >> >>> release notes[2] to see where Cassandra 1.1 differs from the >>> >> >>> previous >>> >> >>> series. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Apache Cassandra 1.1.0-beta2[5] is available as usual from the >>> >> >>> cassandra >>> >> >>> website (http://cassandra.apache.org/download/) and a debian >>> >> >>> package >>> >> >>> is >>> >> >>> available using the 11x branch (see >>> >> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging). >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Thank you for your help in testing and have fun with it. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> [1]: http://goo.gl/nX7UL (CHANGES.txt) >>> >> >>> [2]: http://goo.gl/TB9ro (NEWS.txt) >>> >> >>> [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA >>> >> >>> [4]: user@cassandra.apache.org >>> >> >>> [5]: >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/cassandra-1.1.0-beta2 >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> sent from my Nokia 3210 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> sent from my Nokia 3210 >>> > >>> > >> >> >