Sharded Cluster Administration

Config Server Administration

This section contains articles and tutorials related to sharded cluster config server administration

View Cluster Configuration

View status information about the cluster's databases, shards, and chunks.

Restart a Self-Managed Sharded Cluster

Stop and restart a sharded cluster.

Migrate a Self-Managed Sharded Cluster to Different Hardware

Migrate a sharded cluster to a different hardware system, for example, when moving a pre-production environment to production.

Add Shards to a Cluster

Add a shard to add capacity to a sharded cluster.

Add a Member to a Shard

Add a member to a shard in a sharded cluster.

Remove Shards from a Sharded Cluster

Migrate a single shard's data and remove the shard.

Clear jumbo Flag

Manually clear jumbo flag from a chunk.

Back Up Self-Managed Cluster Metadata

Create a backup of a sharded cluster's metadata while keeping the cluster operational.

Convert Self-Managed Sharded Cluster to Replica Set

Convert a sharded cluster into a single replica set.

Convert a Self-Managed Replica Set to a Sharded Cluster

Convert a replica set to a sharded cluster in which each shard is its own replica set.

Drop a Hashed Shard Key Index

Drop a Hashed Shard Key Index.