And waits for them. That's pointless.
Coordination::Requests ops;
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path, "", zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/metadata", metadata_str,
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/columns", metadata_snapshot->getColumns().toString(),
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/log", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/blocks", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/block_numbers", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/nonincrement_block_numbers", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent)); 
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/leader_election", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/temp", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(zookeeper_path + "/replicas", "last added replica: " + replica_name,
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(replica_path, "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(replica_path + "/host", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(replica_path + "/log_pointer", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(replica_path + "/queue", "",
            zkutil::CreateMode::Persistent));
        ops.emplace_back(zkutil::makeCreateRequest(replica_path + "/parts", "",