Also, When use the same DC and Rack, I am still getting the below error when I specify the 256 tokens from the source cluster and restart it.
ERROR [main] 2017-08-30 17:17:20,878 CassandraDaemon.java:395 - Fatal configuration error org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException: Cannot change the number of tokens from 256 to 1 at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.joinTokenRing(StorageService.java:972) ~[apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] at org.apache.cassandra.service. StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:740) ~[apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] at org.apache.cassandra.service. StorageService.initServer(StorageService.java:617) ~[apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] at org.apache.cassandra.service. CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:391) [apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] at org.apache.cassandra.service. CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:566) [apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] at org.apache.cassandra.service. CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:655) [apache-cassandra-2.1.16.jar:2.1.16] INFO [StorageServiceShutdownHook] 2017-08-30 17:17:20,898 Gossiper.java:1454 - Announcing shutdown INFO [StorageServiceShutdownHook] 2017-08-30 17:17:22,902 MessagingService.java:734 - Waiting for messaging service to quiesce INFO [ACCEPT-/x <http://10.16.4.182/>.x.x.x] 2017-08-30 17:17:22,903 MessagingService.java:1020 - MessagingService has terminated the accept() thread On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Jai Bheemsen Rao Dhanwada < jaibheem...@gmail.com> wrote: > yes source use the vnodes. > > I am restoring to a different cluster in different datacenter, so the rack > and dc changes. does that matter? > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:55 PM, kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> > wrote: > >> Does the source cluster also use vnodes? You will need to ensure you use >> the same tokens for each node as the snapshots used in the source (and also >> ensure same tokens apply to same racks). >> > >