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sh.enableBalancing()
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Description
sh.enableBalancing(namespace)Enables the balancer for the specified namespace of the sharded collection.
Important
You can only run
sh.enableBalancing()on amongosinstance.sh.enableBalancing()errors if run onmongodinstance.The
sh.enableBalancing()method has the following parameter:ParameterTypeDescriptionnamespacestringThe namespace of the collection.Important
For more information on the balancing process, see Manage Sharded Cluster Balancer and Sharded Cluster Balancer.