On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:33 AM, tsi <thorsten.s...@t-systems.com> wrote:
> In the datastax documentation there is a description how to replace a dead > node > ( > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_replace_node_t.html > ). > Is the replace_address option required even if the IP address of the new > node is the same as the original one (I read a note about the auto > bootstrapping being stored somewhere in the system tables)? > In order for the node to bootstrap into ranges the rest of the cluster thinks it already owns, you will need to provide the ip in replace_address. This allows it to start up in a special way that is effectively bootstrap to the same tokens it previously had. =Rob
