Thanks. I did this and I finished rebuilding the new cluster in about 8 hours... much better option than shuffle (you have to have the hardware for duplicating your environment though)
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Jeremiah D Jordan < jeremiah.jor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/configuration/configVnodesProduction_t.html > > On Sep 18, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Chris Burroughs <chris.burrou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/operations/ops_add_dc_to_cluster_t.html > > > > This is a basic outline. > > > > > > On 09/18/2013 10:32 AM, Juan Manuel Formoso wrote: > >> I really like this idea. I can create a new cluster and have it > replicate > >> the old one, after it finishes I can remove the original. > >> > >> Any good resource that explains how to add a new datacenter to a live > >> single dc cluster that anybody can recommend? > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Chris Burroughs > >> <chris.burrou...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> On 09/17/2013 09:41 PM, Paulo Motta wrote: > >>> > >>>> So you're saying the only feasible way of enabling VNodes on an > upgraded > >>>> C* > >>>> 1.2 is by doing fork writes to a brand new cluster + bulk load of > sstables > >>>> from the old cluster? Or is it possible to succeed on shuffling, even > if > >>>> that means waiting some weeks for the shuffle to complete? > >>>> > >>> > >>> In a multi "DC" cluster situation you *should* be able to bring up a > new > >>> DC with vnodes, bootstrap it, and then decommission the old cluster. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- *Juan Manuel Formoso *Senior Geek http://twitter.com/juanformoso http://seniorgeek.com.ar LLAP
