Starting and stopping Cassandra on Windows

Steps for starting or stopping the Cassandra Windows service.

Procedure

Starting Cassandra

Note: You must start Cassandra as a service with administrator privileges.

Net command:
```
C:\> net start DataStax_DDC_Server
```
Note: Cassandra 3.8 and later: Startup is aborted if corrupted transaction log files are found and the affected log files are logged. See the log files for information on resolving the situation.
Services menu:
1. From Start, select Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools.
  
  Note: Cassandra 3.8 and later: Startup is aborted if corrupted transaction log files are found and the affected log files are logged. See the log files for information on resolving the situation.
2. Select Services.
3. Select DataStax_DDC_ServerDatastax DDC Server and right-click to start the service.

Stopping Cassandra

Note: You need administrator privileges to stop Cassandra.

Net command:
```
C:\> net stop DataStax_DDC_Server
```
Services menu:
1. From Start, select Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools.
2. Select Services.
3. Select DataStax_DDC_ServerDatastax DDC Server and right-click to stop the service.