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abortUnshardCollection

abortUnshardCollection

Stops an in-progress unshardCollection operation.

New in version 8.0.

This command must run on the admin database.

This command is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

  • MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Note

This command is not available on the Atlas Shared Tier or on Atlas Serverless.

db.adminCommand( {
abortUnshardCollection: "<database>.<collection>"
} )
Field
Type
Necessity
Description

abortUnshardCollection

string

Required

Specifies the database and collection to stop moving.

The following example stops the in-progress unsharding operation of the sales.us_accounts collection.

db.adminCommand( {
abortUnshardCollection: "sales.us_accounts"
} )