nodetool mark_unrepaired

Marks all SSTables of a table or keyspace as unrepaired.

This operation marks all targeted SSTables as unrepaired, potentially creating new compaction tasks. Use only if you are no longer running incremental repair on this node.

When no table name is specified, marks all tables in the keyspace as unrepaired.

Synopsis

nodetool [<connection_options>] mark_unrepaired
[-f] [--] <keyspace_name> [<table_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

The username for authenticating with secure JMX.

Command arguments

--

Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for an option.

-f, --force

Force decommission of the node even when it reduces the number of replicas to below configured RF.

keyspace_name

Keyspace name. By default, all keyspaces.

table_name

The table name.

Examples

Mark cycling keyspace unrepaired

nodetool mark_unrepaired cycling

Result:

nodetool: WARNING: This operation will mark all SSTables of keyspace cycling as unrepaired, potentially creating new compaction tasks. Only use this when no longer running incremental repair on this node. Use --force option to confirm.

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