Cassandra nodetool removenode hangs

Question

I was trying to remove a dead node from one of cassandra(version 2.1.6) seed node's using ( I only ran from one seed node) .

/nodetool removenode NodeID

But it hangs for too long , /nodetool removenode status

RemovalStatus: Removing token (-9171133960945511267). Waiting for replication confirmation from [/xxxx,/xxxx,/xxxx,/xxxx].

using CTRL-C I stopped the command

but then when I try to run

./nodetool removenode force NodeID

It says

 error: This node is already processing a removal. Wait for it to complete, or use 'removenode force' if this has failed.
-- StackTrace --
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: This node is already processing a removal. Wait for it to complete, or use 'removenode force' if this has failed.

What is the usual course of action such that my cluster is not impacted in anyway.

Answer 1

It was my mistake I had to run

./nodetool removenode force

Without NodeID at the end. and It solved the issue.