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DSE 6.0 Administrator Guide (EOSL)

Getting started
Information about using DataStax Enterprise for Administrators.
Release notes
Release notes for DataStax Enterprise.
Installing
DataStax Enterprise 6.0 can be installed in a number of ways, depending on the purpose of the installation, the type of operating system, and the available permissions.
Configuration
Information about configuring DataStax Enterprise, such as recommended production setting, configuration files, snitch configuration, start-up parameters, heap dump settings, using virtual nodes, and more.
Initializing a cluster
Initializing a DataStax Enterprise (DSE) cluster includes configuring, and choosing how the data is divided across the nodes in the cluster.
Security
DataStax Enterprise 6.0 Security Guide.
DSE advanced functionality
Information on using DSE Analytics, DSEFS, DSE Search, DSE Graph, DSE Advanced Replication, DSE In-Memory, DSE Multi-Instance, DSE Tiered Storage and DSE Performance services.
Tools
Tools include dse commands, dsetool, fs-stress tool, pre-flight check, and yaml_diff tools, and the sstableloader.
- DSE Metrics Collector
  DSE Metrics Collector aggregates DSE metrics and integrates with centralized monitoring solutions to facilitate problem resolution and remediation.
- nodetool
  A list of the available commands for managing a cluster.
- dse commands
  The dse commands for starting the database and connecting an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and performing common utility tasks.
- dse client-tool
  Connects an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and performs common utility tasks.
  - About dse client-tool
    A command line interface that connects an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and performs common utility tasks.
  - client-tool connection options
    Options to authenticate connections to an external client for dse client-tool commands.
  - cassandra
    Token management and partitioner discovery.
  - configuration export
    Exports the DataStax Enterprise client configuration from a remote node.
  - configuration byos-export
    Exports the DSE node configuration to a Spark-compatible file.
  - configuration import
    Imports configuration file and generates local configuration files and a cqlshrc file with settings from the imported file.
  - spark
    Connect an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and perform operations related to integrated Spark.
  - alwayson-sql
    Connect an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and perform operations related to AlwaysOn SQL.
- nodesync
  Modifies CQL nodesync property on one or more tables, enables tracing and monitoring.
- dsefs shell commands
  The DSEFS functionality supports operations including uploading, downloading, moving, and deleting files, creating directories, and verifying the DSEFS status.
- dsetool
  A list of the available commands for DSE operations.
- Stress tools
  Tools for stress testing DataStax Enterprise.
- SSTable utilities
  Diagnostic tools for analyzing, using, upgrading, and changing DataStax Enterprise SSTables.
- DataStax tools
  Tools that are installed separately and used across products.
- Preflight check tool
  The preflight check tool is a collection of tests that detects and optionally fixes configuration settings on DataStax Enterprise nodes.
- cluster_check and yaml_diff tools
  Using the cluster_check and yaml_diff tools to check the differences between cassandra.yaml or dse.yaml files.
Operations
DataStax Enterprise operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
Planning
Hardware selection, estimating disk capacity, anti-patterns, cluster testing and more.

dse client-tool

Connects an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and performs common utility tasks.

About dse client-tool
A command line interface that connects an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and performs common utility tasks.
dse client-tool connection options
Options to authenticate connections to an external client for dse client-tool commands.
dse client-tool cassandra
Token management and partitioner discovery.
dse client-tool configuration export
Exports the DataStax Enterprise client configuration from a remote node.
dse client-tool configuration byos-export
Exports the DSE node configuration to a Spark-compatible file.
dse client-tool configuration import
Imports configuration file and generates local configuration files and a cqlshrc file with settings from the imported file.
dse client-tool spark
Connect an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and perform operations related to integrated Spark.
dse client-tool alwayson-sql
Connect an external client to a DataStax Enterprise node and perform operations related to AlwaysOn SQL.

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