nodetool upgradesstables

Rewrites older SSTables to the current version of Cassandra.

Synopsis

nodetool <options> upgradesstables
  -a | --include-all-sstables  
 -- <keyspace>  <table> ...

Table 1. Options
Short	Long	Description
`-h`	`--host`	Hostname or IP address
`-p`	`--port`	Port number
`-pwf`	`--password-file`	Password file path
`-pw`	`--password`	Password
`-u`	`--username`	User name
`--`	Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for a option.

Other options are:

-a or --include-all-sstables includes all SSTables, even those with the current settings. See Examples below.
keyspace is the keyspace name.
table is one or more table names, separated by a space.

Description

Rewrites SSTables on a node that are incompatible with the current version. Use this command when upgrading your server or changing compression options.

Examples

$ upgradesstables: Reads only SSTables created by old major versions of Cassandra and re-writes them to the current version one at a time.
$ upgradesstables -a: Reads all existing SSTables and re-writes them to the current Cassandra version one at a time.
$ upgradesstables -a keyspace table: Reads specific SSTables and re-writes them to the current Cassandra version one at a time.