This might be https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8512 if your cluster has a schema disagreement. You can apply the patch on that ticket with "patch -p1 < 8512-2.1.txt" from the top-level cassandra directory and see if it helps.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Julien Anguenot <jul...@anguenot.org> wrote: > Hey Jason, > > Your RF=3, do you have 3 nodes up and running in this DC? We have seen > this issue with 2.1.x and cqlsh where schema changes would trigger the > "keyspace not found" error in cqlsh if not all nodes were up and > running when altering KS schema in a DC with NetworkTopologyStrategy > and RF=3. For us, bringing all the nodes up to meet RF would then fix > the problem. > > As well, you might want to restart the node and see if the "keyspace > not found" still occurs: same here, since 2.1.x we've had cases where > a restart was required for cqlsh and / or drivers to see the schema > changes. > > J. > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Jason Wee <peich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > $ cqlsh 192.168.0.2 9042 > > Connected to just4fun at 192.168.0.2:9042. > > [cqlsh 5.0.1 | Cassandra 2.1.1 | CQL spec 3.2.0 | Native protocol v3] > > Use HELP for help. > > cqlsh> DESCRIBE KEYSPACES > > > > <empty> > > > > cqlsh> create keyspace foobar with replication = > {'class':'SimpleStrategy', > > 'replication_factor':3}; > > errors={}, last_host=192.168.0.2 > > cqlsh> DESCRIBE KEYSPACES; > > > > <empty> > > > > cqlsh> use foobar; > > cqlsh:foobar> DESCRIBE TABLES; > > > > Keyspace 'foobar' not found. > > > > > > Just trying cassandra 2.1 and encounter the above erorr, can anyone > explain > > why is this and where to even begin troubleshooting? > > > > Jason > -- Tyler Hobbs DataStax <http://datastax.com/>