If it is using vnodes then just run nodetool repair . It should fix the issue related to data if any.
And then run nodetool cleanup Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2015, at 3:12 PM, sai krishnam raju potturi <pskraj...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > yes Surbhi. > >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Surbhi Gupta <surbhi.gupt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Is the cluster using vnodes? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 9:16 AM, sai krishnam raju potturi >>> <pskraj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> yes Surbhi. >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Surbhi Gupta <surbhi.gupt...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> So have you already done unsafe assassination ? >>>> >>>>> On 31 October 2015 at 08:37, sai krishnam raju potturi >>>>> <pskraj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> it's dead; and we had to do unsafeassassinate as other 2 methods did not >>>>> work >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Surbhi Gupta >>>>>> <surbhi.gupt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Whether the node is down or up which you want to decommission? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 31, 2015, at 8:24 AM, sai krishnam raju potturi >>>>>>> <pskraj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Surabhi. Decommission nor removenode did not work. We did not >>>>>>> capture the tokens of the dead node. Any way we could make sure the >>>>>>> replication of 3 is maintained? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015, 11:14 Surbhi Gupta <surbhi.gupt...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> You have to do few things before unsafe as sanitation . First run the >>>>>>>> nodetool decommission if the node is up and wait till streaming >>>>>>>> happens . You can check is the streaming is completed by nodetool >>>>>>>> netstats . If streaming is completed you can do unsafe assanitation . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To answer your question unsafe assanitation will not take care of >>>>>>>> replication factor . >>>>>>>> It is like forcing a node out from the cluster . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> > On Oct 31, 2015, at 5:12 AM, sai krishnam raju potturi >>>>>>>> > <pskraj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > hi; >>>>>>>> > would unsafeassasinating a dead node maintain the replication >>>>>>>> > factor like decommission process or removenode process? >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > thanks >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >