Also note that if you have a cassandra node running on the local node
from which you want to bulk load sstables, there is a JMX
(StorageService->bulkLoad) call to do just that. May be simpler than
using sstableloader if that is what you want to do.
--
Sylvain
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Stephen Pope <Stephen.Pope@quest.com> wrote:
> Ahhh..ok. Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Ellis [mailto:jbellis@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:35 AM
> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
> Subject: Re: BulkLoader
>
> Because it's hooking directly into gossip, so the local instance it's
> ignoring is the bulkloader process, not Cassandra.
>
> You'd need to run the bulkloader from a different IP, than Cassandra.
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Stephen Pope <Stephen.Pope@quest.com> wrote:
>> Fair enough. My original question stands then. :)
>>
>> Why aren't you allowed to talk to a local installation using BulkLoader?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan Ellis [mailto:jbellis@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:06 AM
>> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: BulkLoader
>>
>> Sure, that will work fine with a single machine. The advantage of
>> bulkloader is it handles splitting the sstable up and sending each
>> piece to the right place(s) when you have more than one.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Stephen Pope <Stephen.Pope@quest.com> wrote:
>>> I think I've solved my own problem here. After generating the sstable using
json2sstable it looks like I can simply copy the created sstable into my data directory.
>>>
>>> Can anyone think of any potential problems with doing it this way?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Stephen Pope [mailto:Stephen.Pope@quest.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:32 AM
>>> To: user@cassandra.apache.org
>>> Subject: BulkLoader
>>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to use the BulkLoader, and it looks like there's
no way to run it against a local machine, because of this:
>>>
>>> Set<InetAddress> hosts = Gossiper.instance.getLiveMembers();
>>> hosts.remove(FBUtilities.getLocalAddress());
>>> if (hosts.isEmpty())
>>> throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot load any
sstable, no live member found in the cluster");
>>>
>>> Is this intended behavior? May I ask why? We'd like to be able to run it against
the local machine.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Ellis
>> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
>> co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support
>> http://www.datastax.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Ellis
> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support
> http://www.datastax.com
>
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