> Running nodetool rebuild on a node that was started with join_ring=false >> does not work, unfortunately. The nodetool command returns immediately, >> after a message appears in the log that the streaming of data has started. >> After that, nothing happens. > > > Per driftx, the author of CASSANDRA-6961, this sounds like a bug. If you > can repro, please file a JIRA and let the list know the URL. >
I just filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-10287. (I wan't convinced that join_ring is supposed to work in conjunction with nodetool rebuild, since CASSANDRA-6961 only speaks of repair.)