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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/cluster/partitioner"
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/idx/cassandra"
+	"github.com/raintank/worldping-api/pkg/log"
+	"gopkg.in/raintank/schema.v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	dryRun          = flag.Bool("dry-run", true, "run in dry-run mode. No changes will be made.")
+	logLevel        = flag.Int("log-level", 2, "log level. 0=TRACE|1=DEBUG|2=INFO|3=WARN|4=ERROR|5=CRITICAL|6=FATAL")
+	srcCassAddr     = flag.String("src-cass-addr", "localhost", "Address of cassandra host to migrate from.")
+	dstCassAddr     = flag.String("dst-cass-addr", "localhost", "Address of cassandra host to migrate to.")
+	srcKeyspace     = flag.String("src-keyspace", "raintank", "Cassandra keyspace in use on source.")
+	dstKeyspace     = flag.String("dst-keyspace", "raintank", "Cassandra keyspace in use on destination.")
+	partitionScheme = flag.String("partition-scheme", "byOrg", "method used for partitioning metrics. (byOrg|bySeries)")
+	numPartitions   = flag.Int("num-partitions", 1, "number of partitions in cluster")
+
+	wg sync.WaitGroup
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "mt-index-migrate")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Migrate metric index from one cassandra keyspace to another.")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "This tool can be used for moving data to a different keyspace or cassandra cluster")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "or for resetting partition information when the number of paritions being used has changed.")
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\nFlags:\n\n")
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+	flag.Parse()
+	log.NewLogger(0, "console", fmt.Sprintf(`{"level": %d, "formatting":false}`, *logLevel))
+
+	defsChan := make(chan *schema.MetricDefinition, 100)
+
+	srcCluster := gocql.NewCluster(*srcCassAddr)
+	srcCluster.Consistency = gocql.ParseConsistency("one")
+	srcCluster.Timeout = time.Second
+	srcCluster.NumConns = 2
+	srcCluster.ProtoVersion = 4
+	srcCluster.Keyspace = *srcKeyspace
+	srcSession, err := srcCluster.CreateSession()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(4, "failed to create cql session for source cassandra. %s", err)
+	}
+	dstCluster := gocql.NewCluster(*dstCassAddr)
+	dstCluster.Consistency = gocql.ParseConsistency("one")
+	dstCluster.Timeout = time.Second
+	dstCluster.NumConns = 2
+	dstCluster.ProtoVersion = 4
+	dstCluster.Keyspace = *dstKeyspace
+	dstSession, err := dstCluster.CreateSession()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(4, "failed to create cql session for destination cassandra. %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// ensure the dest table exists.
+	err = dstSession.Query(fmt.Sprintf(cassandra.TableSchema, *dstKeyspace)).Exec()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(4, "cassandra-idx failed to initialize cassandra table. %s", err)
+	}
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go writeDefs(dstSession, defsChan)
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go getDefs(srcSession, defsChan)
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+}
+
+func writeDefs(session *gocql.Session, defsChan chan *schema.MetricDefinition) {
+	log.Info("starting write thread")
+	defer wg.Done()
+	counter := 0
+	pre := time.Now()
+	for def := range defsChan {
+		qry := `INSERT INTO metric_idx (id, orgid, partition, name, metric, interval, unit, mtype, tags, lastupdate) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`
+		if *dryRun {
+			fmt.Printf(
+				"INSERT INTO metric_idx (id, orgid, partition, name, metric, interval, unit, mtype, tags, lastupdate) VALUES ('%s', '%d', '%d','%s', '%s','%d', '%s','%s', '%v', '%d')\n",
+				def.Id,
+				def.OrgId,
+				def.Partition,
+				def.Name,
+				def.Metric,
+				def.Interval,
+				def.Unit,
+				def.Mtype,
+				def.Tags,
+				def.LastUpdate)
+			continue
+		}
+		success := false
+		attempts := 0
+		for !success {
+			if err := session.Query(
+				qry,
+				def.Id,
+				def.OrgId,
+				def.Partition,
+				def.Name,
+				def.Metric,
+				def.Interval,
+				def.Unit,
+				def.Mtype,
+				def.Tags,
+				def.LastUpdate).Exec(); err != nil {
+
+				if (attempts % 20) == 0 {
+					log.Warn("cassandra-idx Failed to write def to cassandra. it will be retried. %s", err)
+				}
+				sleepTime := 100 * attempts
+				if sleepTime > 2000 {
+					sleepTime = 2000
+				}
+				time.Sleep(time.Duration(sleepTime) * time.Millisecond)
+				attempts++
+			} else {
+				success = true
+				log.Debug("cassandra-idx metricDef saved to cassandra. %s", def.Id)
+				counter++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("Inserted %d metricDefs in %s", counter, time.Since(pre).String())
+}
+
+func getDefs(session *gocql.Session, defsChan chan *schema.MetricDefinition) {
+	log.Info("starting read thread")
+	defer wg.Done()
+	defer close(defsChan)
+	partitioner, err := partitioner.NewKafka(*partitionScheme)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(4, "failed to initialize partitioner. %s", err)
+	}
+	iter := session.Query("SELECT id, orgid, partition, name, metric, interval, unit, mtype, tags, lastupdate from metric_idx").Iter()
+
+	var id, name, metric, unit, mtype string
+	var orgId, interval int
+	var partition int32
+	var lastupdate int64
+	var tags []string
+	for iter.Scan(&id, &orgId, &partition, &name, &metric, &interval, &unit, &mtype, &tags, &lastupdate) {
+		mdef := schema.MetricDefinition{
+			Id:         id,
+			OrgId:      orgId,
+			Partition:  partition,
+			Name:       name,
+			Metric:     metric,
+			Interval:   interval,
+			Unit:       unit,
+			Mtype:      mtype,
+			Tags:       tags,
+			LastUpdate: lastupdate,
+		}
+		log.Debug("retrieved %s from old index.", mdef.Id)
+		if *numPartitions == 1 {
+			mdef.Partition = 0
+		} else {
+			p, err := partitioner.Partition(&mdef, int32(*numPartitions))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(4, "failed to get partition id of metric. %s", err)
+			} else {
+				mdef.Partition = p
+			}
+		}
+		defsChan <- &mdef
+	}
+}