Symptoms:
INFO [main] 2021-03-31 07:00:23,028 CassandraDaemon.java:556 - Not starting RPC server as requested. Use JMX (StorageService->startRPCServer()) or nodetool (enablethrift) to start it
ERROR [HintsDispatcher:1] 2021-03-31 07:00:24,378 HintsDispatchExecutor.java:243 - Failed to dispatch hints file xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-1.hints: file is corrupted ({})"
Aria Operations for Logs 8.x
VMware vRealize Log Insight 8.x
Cassandra 'hints' file being corrupted which resides under "/usr/lib/loginsight/application/lib/apache-cassandra-*/data/hints".
To resolve this issue, follow the below steps to clear out the Cassandra hints files:
Note: Make sure to take a non-memory snapshot of all nodes in the cluster before proceeding.
rm -rf /usr/lib/loginsight/application/lib/apache-cassandra-*/data/hints/*