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Definition

cleanupReshardCollection

New in version 5.0.

The cleanupReshardCollection command cleans up metadata of a failed resharding operation. You only need to run this command if a primary failover occurred while you ran a resharding operation.

Syntax

The command has the following syntax:

db.adminCommand(
   {
     cleanupReshardCollection: "<database>.<collection>"
   }
)

Example

Clean up a Failed Resharding Operation

The following example cleans up metadata of a failed resharding operation on the sales.orders collection:

db.adminCommand({
  cleanupReshardCollection: "sales.orders"
})

Tip

See also:

Reshard a Collection