nodetool drain
Flushes all memtables from the node to SSTables on disk.
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) stops listening for connections from the client and other nodes.
Restart DSE after running nodetool drain
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Typically, use this command before upgrading a node to a new version of DSE.
To simply flush memtables to disk, use nodetool flush.
Synopsis
nodetool [<connection_options>] drain
Syntax conventions | Description |
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UPPERCASE |
Literal keyword. |
Lowercase |
Not literal. |
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Variable value. Replace with a valid option or user-defined value. |
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Optional.
Square brackets ( |
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Group.
Parentheses ( |
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Or.
A vertical bar ( |
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Repeatable.
An ellipsis ( |
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Single quotation ( |
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Map collection.
Braces ( |
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Set, list, map, or tuple.
Angle brackets ( |
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End CQL statement.
A semicolon ( |
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Separate the command line options from the command arguments with two hyphens ( |
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Search CQL only: Single quotation marks ( |
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Search CQL only: Identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and solrconfig files. |
Definition
The short- and long-form options are comma-separated.
Connection options
- -h, --host hostname
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The hostname or IP address of a remote node or nodes. When omitted, the default is the local machine.
- -p, --port jmx_port
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The JMX port number.
- -pw, --password jmxpassword
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The JMX password for authenticating with secure JMX. If a password is not provided, you are prompted to enter one.
- -pwf, --password-file jmx_password_filepath
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The filepath to the file that stores JMX authentication credentials.
- -u, --username jmx_username
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The username for authenticating with secure JMX.
Command arguments
This command takes no arguments.
Examples
Flush memtables from node to SSTables on disk
nodetool drain