balancerStart
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Definition
balancerStartStarts the balancer thread. The command does not wait for a balancing round to start.
Starting in MongoDB 4.2, the command enables auto-splitting for the sharded cluster. To disable auto-splitting when the balancer is enabled, you can use
sh.disableAutoSplit().
Syntax
You can only issue the
balancerStart against the admin database on a
mongos instance.
The command takes the following form:
db.adminCommand( { balancerStart: 1, maxTimeMS: <number> } )
Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
balancerStart | any | Any value. |
maxTimeMS | integer | Optional. Time limit for enabling the balancer. Defaults to 60000 milliseconds. Changed in version 3.4: If using the 3.4 |
Example
To start the balancer thread, connect to a mongos instance
and issue the following command:
db.adminCommand( { balancerStart: 1 } )