CODEWITHSUNDEEP
cassandracassandra-3.0
Flea
Flea

Reputation: 1528

Cannot reinstall Cassandra - "Node with address <IP> already exists" + "Could not find tokens for <IP> to replace"

I am trying to re-install Cassandra on a machine that had it previously installed. The service fails to start with a message of:

A node with address /192.168.11.16 already exists, cancelling join. Use cassandra.replace_address if you want to replace this node.

Following up by adding the following:

JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dcassandra.replace_address=192.168.11.16"

to the end of my

cassandra-env.sh

and the service continues to fail to start with the following message:

Could not find tokens for /192.168.11.16 to replace

I have even tried starting it as 127.0.0.1 and localhost and using nodetool removenode and nodetool assassinate 192.168.11.16 and nothing seems to be able to clear out whatever is making it persist. Any guidance on how to get it up and running properly on this machine again is greatly appreciated.

TIA JH

Upvotes: 1

Views: 865

Answers (1)

LetsNoSQL
LetsNoSQL

Reputation: 1538

If your node already joined the cluster and not running then you should follow node replacement procedure as below. https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/3.0/cassandra/operations/opsReplaceNode.html

Upvotes: 1

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