Thanks; this worked for me too. /Janne
On Aug 25, 2013, at 18:47 , Mike Heffner <m...@librato.com> wrote: > Janne, > > We ran into this too. Appears it's a bug in 1.2.8 that is fixed in the > upcoming 1.2.9. I added the steps I took to finally remove the node here: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5857?focusedCommentId=13748998&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13748998 > > > Cheers, > > Mike > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Janne Jalkanen <janne.jalka...@ecyrd.com> > wrote: > This on cass 1.2.8 > > Ring state before decommission > > -- Address Load Owns Host ID > Token Rack > UN 10.0.0.1 38.82 GB 33.3% 21a98502-dc74-4ad0-9689-0880aa110409 1 > 1a > UN 10.0.0.2 33.5 GB 33.3% cba6b27a-4982-4f04-854d-cc73155d5f69 > 56713727820156407428984779325531226110 1b > UN 10.0.0.3 37.41 GB 0.0% 6ba2c7d4-713e-4c14-8df8-f861fb211b0d > 56713727820156407428984779325531226111 1b > UN 10.0.0.4 35.7 GB 33.3% bf3d4792-f3e0-4062-afe3-be292bc85ed7 > 113427455640312814857969558651062452222 1c > > Trying to decommission the node > > ubuntu@10.0.0.3:~$ nodetool decommission > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: > "56713727820156407428984779325531226111" > at > java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:444) > at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:483) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.extractExpireTime(StorageService.java:1660) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.handleStateLeft(StorageService.java:1515) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.onChange(StorageService.java:1234) > at > org.apache.cassandra.gms.Gossiper.doNotifications(Gossiper.java:949) > at > org.apache.cassandra.gms.Gossiper.addLocalApplicationState(Gossiper.java:1116) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.leaveRing(StorageService.java:2817) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.unbootstrap(StorageService.java:2861) > at > org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.decommission(StorageService.java:2808) > > Now I'm in a state where the machine is still "up" but "leaving" but I can't > seem to get it out of the ring. For example: > > % nodetool removenode 6ba2c7d4-713e-4c14-8df8-f861fb211b0d > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Node > /10.0.0.3 is alive and owns this ID. Use decommission command to remove it > from the ring > > Any ideas? > > /Janne > > > > -- > > Mike Heffner <m...@librato.com> > Librato, Inc. >