The node will not bootstrap if it is listed as a seed node. -- Jacob Shadix
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Simone Franzini <captainfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > To further add to my previous answer, the node in question is a seed node, > so it did not bootstrap. > Should I remove it from the list of seed nodes and then try to restart it? > > Simone Franzini, PhD > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonefranzini > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Simone Franzini <captainfr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This is exactly what I did on the second node. If this is not the correct >> / best procedure to adopt in these cases, please advise: >> >> 1. Removed all the data, including the system table (rm -rf data/ >> commitlog/ saved_caches). >> 2. Configured the node to replace itself, by adding the following line to >> cassandra-env.sh: JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dcassandra.replace_address=<node >> own IP address>" >> 3. Start the node. >> >> Noticeably, I did not do nodetool decommission or removenode. Is that the >> recommended approach? >> >> Given what I did, I am mystified as to what the problem is. If I query >> the system.schema_columnfamilies on the affected node, all CF IDs are >> there. Same goes for the only other node that is currently up. Also, the >> other node that is currently up has data for all those CF IDs in the data >> folder. >> >> >> Simone Franzini, PhD >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonefranzini >> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 5:39 AM, kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The node is trying to communicate with another node, potentially >>> streaming data, and is receiving files/data for an "unknown column family". >>> That is, it doesn't know about the CF with the id >>> e36415b6-95a7-368c-9ac0-ae0ac774863d. >>> If you deleted some columnfamilies but not all the system keyspace and >>> restarted the node I'd expect this error to occur. Or I suppose if you >>> didn't decommission the node properly before blowing the data away and >>> restarting. >>> >>> You'll have to give us more information on what your exact steps were on >>> this 2nd node: >>> >>> When you say deleted all Cassandra data, did this include the system >>> tables? Were your steps to delete all the data and then just restart the >>> node? Did you remove the node from the cluster prior to deleting the data >>> and restarting it (nodetool decommission/removenode? Did the node rejoin >>> the cluster or did it have to bootstrap? >>> >>> >>> >> >
