nodetool decommission

Deactivates a node by streaming its data to another node.

Synopsis

nodetool <options> decommission

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`	Remote JMX agent username.
`--`	Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for a option.

Causes a live node to decommission itself, streaming its data to the next node on the ring. Use netstats to monitor the progress, as described on http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/NodeProbe#Decommission and http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations#Removing_nodes_entirely.