> Should we not use "removenode" command instead of "removenode force". Yes. I've passed the comment on the DS docs team.
Thanks ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Consultant New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 21/03/2013, at 7:25 AM, sankalp kohli <kohlisank...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I was reading documentation for replacing a dead node with vnodes > (http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.2/operations/add_replace_nodes#replace-node) > > Should we not use "removenode" command instead of "removenode force". > > This is because force will not attempt to do replication which is required > because of dead node. > > This is the documentation for force removal of node in code. > > /** > * Force a remove operation to complete. This may be necessary if a > remove operation > * blocks forever due to node/stream failure. removeToken() must be called > * first, this is a last resort measure. No further attempt will be made > to restore replicas. > */ > > > > Thanks, > Sankalp
