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sh.abortMoveCollection()

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Definition

sh.abortMoveCollection(namespace)

Stops an in-progress moveCollection operation.

New in version 8.0.

This method must run on the admin database.

Compatibility

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

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

Important

This command is not supported in M0, M2, and M5 clusters. For more information, see Unsupported Commands.

Syntax

sh.abortMoveCollection( "<namespace>.<collection>" )

Parameters

Field
Type
Necessity
Description
coll
string
Required
Specifies the database and collection to stop moving.

Examples

The following example stops the in-progress move of the sales.us_accounts collection to a new shard.

sh.abortMoveCollection( "sales.us_accounts" )

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