nodetool disablehintsfordc
Turns off hints for a datacenter, but continue hints on other datacenters.
Useful if there is a downed datacenter and during datacenter failover, when hints will put unnecessary pressure on the datacenter.
Synopsis
nodetool [<connection_options>] disablehintsfordc
{--} <datacenter_name>Definition
The short- and long-form options are comma-separated.
Connection options
- -h, --host hostname
-
The hostname or IP address of a remote node or nodes. When omitted, the default is the local machine.
- -p, --port jmx_port
-
The JMX port number.
- -pw, --password jmxpassword
-
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
-
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
---
Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for an option.
- datacenter_name
-
The datacenter name.
Examples
Turn off hints for specific datacenter
nodetool -u <joe> -pw <P@ssw0rd!> disablehintsfordc DC2