Thank you!
We would do a patch level upgrade, from 2.2.1 to 2.2.7 (the latest stable).
Besides, we want to adjust both `commitlog_directory` and
`data_file_directories` settings (separate them into two better IOPS
volumes), and we assumed they should be done before or after upgrade?
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Forkalsrud, Erik <eforkals...@cj.com> wrote:
>
> You didn't mention which version you're upgrading to, but generally you
> shouldn't add or
> remove nodes while the nodes your cluster is not all on on the same
> version. So if you're
> going to add nodes, you should do that before you upgrade the first node,
> or after you have
> upgraded all of them.
>
> Shifting traffic away from DC1 may not be necessary, but shouldn't hurt.
>
>
> - EF
>
> _
> From: Timon Wong [timon86.w...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2016 02:03
> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
> Subject: Doing rolling upgrades on two DCs
>
> Hello, newbie here.
>
> Currently we are using Cassandra v2.2.1 (two DCs, naming them DC1, DC2,
> respectively), and recently we have two issues:
>
> 1. Cannot adding new node due to CASSANDRA-10961
> 2. Cannot repair node, due to CASSANDRA-10501
>
> We learned that we can do rolling upgrade, since we are only using one DC1
> for now (DC2 is just for replica), we have following steps in mind:
>
> 1. Backup;
> 2. Doing upgrade on DC2. (Follows this guide:
> https://docs.datastax.com/en/latest-upgrade/upgrade/cassandra/
> upgrdCassandraDetails.html);
> 3. Do some checks (client compatibility, etc);
> 4. Adding nodes to DC2 (using new Cassandra);
> 5. Traffic our loads to DC2;
> 6. Upgrading DC1.
>
> Is that possible, or do we miss something?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Timon
>
