What do the logs say on the seed node (and on the UJ node)? Look for timeout messages.
This problem has occurred for me when there was high network utilization between the seed and the joining node, also routing issues. *.......* *“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in apretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke,thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” - Hunter ThompsonDaemeon C.M. ReiydelleUSA (+1) 415.501.0198London (+44) (0) 20 8144 9872* On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Kai Wang <dep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Carlos, > > so you essentially replace the 33 node. Did you follow this > https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_replace_node_t.html? > The link is for 2.x not sure about 3.x. What if you change the new node to > .34? > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Carlos A <nando....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a small dev environment with 4 machines. One of them, I had it >> removed (.33) from the cluster because I wanted to upgrade its HD to a SSD. >> I then reinstalled it and tried to join. It is on UJ status for a week now >> and no changes. >> >> I had tried node-repair etc but nothing. >> >> nodetool status output >> >> Datacenter: DC1 >> =============== >> Status=Up/Down >> |/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving >> -- Address Load Tokens Owns Host ID >> Rack >> UN 192.168.1.30 16.13 MB 256 ? >> 0e524b1c-b254-45d0-98ee-63b8f34a8531 RAC1 >> UN 192.168.1.31 20.12 MB 256 ? >> 1f8000f5-026c-42c7-8189-cf19fbede566 RAC1 >> UN 192.168.1.32 17.73 MB 256 ? >> 7b06f9e9-7c41-4364-ab18-f6976fd359e4 RAC1 >> UJ 192.168.1.33 877.6 KB 256 ? >> 7a1507b5-198e-4a3a-a9fd-7af9e588fde2 RAC1 >> >> Note: Non-system keyspaces don't have the same replication settings, >> effective ownership information is meaningless >> >> Any tips on fixing this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> C. >> > >