nodetool describecluster

Provide the name, snitch, partitioner and schema version of a cluster

Synopsis

nodetool <options> describecluster -- <datacenter> 

• Options are:
  • ( -h | --host ) <host name> | <ip address>
  • ( -p | --port ) <port number>
  • ( -pw | --password ) <password >
  • ( -u | --username ) <user name>
  • ( -pwf <passwordFilePath | --password-file <passwordFilePath> )
• -- separates an option and argument that could be mistaken for a option.
• datacenter is the name of an arbitrarily chosen datacenter from which to select sources for streaming.

Description

Describe cluster is typically used to validate the schema after upgrading. If a schema disagreement occurs, see the Support KB.

Example

nodetool describecluster

Cluster Information:
	Name: Test Cluster
	Snitch: org.apache.cassandra.locator.DynamicEndpointSnitch
	Partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner
	Schema versions:
		65e78f0e-e81e-30d8-a631-a65dff93bf82: [127.0.0.1]

If a schema disagreement occurs, the last line of the output includes information about unreachable nodes.

nodetool describecluster

Cluster Information:
	Name: Production Cluster
       Snitch: org.apache.cassandra.locator.DynamicEndpointSnitch
       Partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner
       Schema versions:
              UNREACHABLE: 1176b7ac-8993-395d-85fd-41b89ef49fbb: [10.202.205.203]