Hi,
Here is the actual error I get when I remove all LocationInfo files:
ERROR 18:05:04,918 Fatal exception during initialization
org.apache.cassandra.config.ConfigurationException: Found system table
files, but they couldn't be loaded. Did you change the partitioner?
at
org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemTable.checkHealth(SystemTable.java:234)
at
org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.setup(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:128)
at
org.apache.cassandra.service.AbstractCassandraDaemon.activate(AbstractCassandraDaemon.java:315)
at
org.apache.cassandra.thrift.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:79)
Shaun
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:05 PM, aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>wrote:
> Can you provide the full error stack, it will show where it failed when
> starting up.
>
> AFAIK this i the correct process. I just did a quick test on a singe 0.7
> node and it could start up after removing the locations SSTables.
>
> If you go ahead with removing all the system sstables you can re-recreate
> the schema and it will pickup the existing files. Also be aware that the
> initial token will be lost unless it is in the conf file.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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> Aaron Morton
> Freelance Cassandra Developer
> @aaronmorton
> http://www.thelastpickle.com
>
>
