Re: SSTable Migration to oa-* Format After Upgrade to 5

[C. Scott Andreas]

Hi Edi, Details are in NEWS.txt: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-5.0/NEWS.txt – Scott On Mar 16, 2025, at 11:37 AM, edi mari <edim2...@gmail.com> wrote:  Sorry for jumping into the conversation, but I wanted to ask— is there an guide for upgrading Cassandra from v4 to v5? Edi בתאריך יום א׳, 16 במרץ 2025, 19:33, מאת Paul Chandler ‏<p...@redshots.com>: Yes, that should sort it out. Regards Paul Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Mar 2025, at 18:34, Luciano Greiner <luciano.grei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Paul! > > So should I restart the nodes with UPGRADING mode and run the > upgradesstables again? > > Thank you! > > Luciano Greiner > (54) 996309845 > >> On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM Paul Chandler <p...@redshots.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Luciano, >> >> It sounds like you could have the storage_compatibility_mode set to the default CASSANDRA_4 value, check this and change it to UPGRADING or NONE. >> >> Full details can be found in the Cassandra.yaml https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/managing/configuration/cass_yaml_file.html#storage_compatibility_mode >> >> Regards >> >> Paul >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 16 Mar 2025, at 07:48, Luciano Greiner <luciano.grei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We recently upgraded our clusters from 4.1.5 to 5.0.3 and now I’m >> trying to migrate SSTable files to the new oa-* format, but it’s not >> working as I expected. >> >> What I Tried: >> >> nodetool flush + upgradesstables → Completed quickly with success >> messages, but no SSTables were rewritten. >> nodetool upgradesstables -a → Triggered compactions, but new SSTables >> are still in the old nb-* format. >> >> What’s the recommended approach to ensure SSTables migrate to oa-*? Is >> it really necessary? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Luciano