Yes, this will work. You will want to configure the new instance with the same node id as the failed instance.
-Jay On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Parag Shah <ps...@proofpoint.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > This question is related to node recovery. Say, there is a hardware > failure and the node cannot be brought up. But I can access the hard drives > and recover the data. Is it possible for me to stash the contents of the > /tmp/kafka-logs/ onto another instance and have it be a replacement node > for the original? In other words, are kafka logs portable for recovery? > > Regards > Parag >
