[DOCS-11227] Update Note in 'Disable The Balancer' section to recommend using 'balancerStop' command Created: 18/Jan/18  Updated: 30/Oct/23  Resolved: 31/Jan/18

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual, Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Task Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Charlie Swanson Assignee: Allison Reinheimer Moore
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: balancer
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Environment:

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/manage-sharded-cluster-balancer/#disable-the-balancer


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 Description   

Now that SERVER-24720 is resolved, I believe the 'balancerStop' command is the preferred way to stop the balancer. The note here suggests manually updating the config.settings collection, and should probably be updated.



 Comments   
Comment by Allison Reinheimer Moore [ 05/Feb/18 ]

linda.qin Backported to 3.4. Thanks for flagging it!

Comment by Githook User [ 05/Feb/18 ]

Author:

{'email': 'allison.moore@10gen.com', 'name': 'Allison Moore', 'username': 'schmalliso'}

Message: DOCS-11227: use balancerStart/Stop command to start/stop balancer with drivers
Branch: v3.4
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/8414feb6869c52083a309fe6c54757ee811c3621

Comment by Linda Qin [ 05/Feb/18 ]

Re-opening this ticket to request to backport this change to the 3.4 documentation. Please let me know if this is not the correct way for the backport request for DOCS.

Background: 3.4 introduce the balancer mode. The current docs in 3.4 still suggests manually updating the config.settings collection from the driver, which only updates the "stopped" field. This is no longer a correct way to start/stop the balancer as the balancer mode is not updated.

We'd need to run the balancerStart/Stop command from the driver in 3.4.

Comment by Githook User [ 01/Feb/18 ]

Author:

{'email': 'allison.moore@10gen.com', 'name': 'Allison Moore', 'username': 'schmalliso'}

Message: DOCS-11227: use balancerStart/Stop command to start/stop balancer with drivers
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/04c9ebdc15670b9428e60e7c212626574f810641

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