rename keyspace and columnfamily in cassandra 1.2

Question

How to rename keyspace and columnfamily in cassandra 1.2? I know that cassandra-cli rename api is no longer supported - How to rename keyspace in Cassandra. Maybe there are

Answer 1

For rename only a column family also you can follow the next instructions:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cassandra-user/201201.mbox/%3C4EF306AC-98D5-45BE-A29C-B68187FBA9C9@thelastpickle.com%3E

Basically is create the new CF, copy the SStables from the old column family to the one renaming the files.

Answer 2

Renaming is disabled internally, not just within the thrift API. So there isn't a CQL command to do it either.

However, there is a manual process which is described here:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-1585