persisted ring state

[S C <as...@outlook.com>]

In one of the scenarios that I encountered, I needed to change the token on the node. I added new token and started the node with-Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false in anticipation that the node will not pick from the locally persisted data. Is that the right way to do? or -Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false|true is only limited to changes to seed/listen_address ?


Thanks,SC 		 	   		  

Re: persisted ring state

[aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>]

>  Is that the right way to do?
No. 
If you want to change the token for a node use nodetool move. 

Changing it like this will not make the node change it's token. Because after startup the token is stored in the System.LocationInfo CF. 

> or -Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false|true is only limited to changes to seed/listen_address ?
it's used when a node somehow as a bad view of the ring, and you want it to forget things. 

Cheers

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Aaron Morton
Freelance Cassandra Developer
New Zealand

@aaronmorton
http://www.thelastpickle.com

On 10/02/2013, at 3:35 AM, S C <as...@outlook.com> wrote:

> In one of the scenarios that I encountered, I needed to change the token on the node. I added new token and started the node with
> -Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false in anticipation that the node will not pick from the locally persisted data. Is that the right way to do? or -Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false|true is only limited to changes to seed/listen_address ?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> SC