Disabling DSEFS
Procedure
To disable DSEFS and remove metadata and data:
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Remove all directories and files from the DSEFS file system:
dse fs rm -r <filepath> -
Wait a while for all nodes to perform the delete operations.
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Verify that all DSEFS data directories where the file data blocks are stored locally on each node are empty.
These data directories are configured in
dse.yaml. Your directories are probably different from this defaultdata_directoriesvalue:data_directories: - dir: /var/lib/dsefs/data -
Disable the DSEFS entries in all
dse.yamlfiles on all nodes. -
Restart DataStax Enterprise (DSE).
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Truncate all of the tables in the
dsefskeyspace.Do not remove the
dsefskeyspace. If you inadvertently removed thedsefskeyspace, you must specify a different keyspace name indse.yamlor create an emptydsefskeyspace (this emptydsefskeyspace will be populated with tables during DSEFS start up).Do not delete the
data_directoriesbefore removing thedsefskeyspace tables, or removing the node from the cluster.