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18 changes: 10 additions & 8 deletions source/tutorial/manage-sharded-cluster-balancer.txt
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Expand Up @@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ all migration, use the following procedure:

.. note::

To disable the balancer from a driver that does not have the
:method:`sh.stopBalancer()` or :method:`sh.setBalancerState()` helpers,
issue the following command from the ``config`` database:
To disable the balancer from a driver,
use the :command:`balancerStop` command against the ``admin`` database,
as in the following:

.. code-block:: javascript

db.settings.update( { _id: "balancer" }, { $set : { stopped: true } } , { upsert: true } )
db.adminCommand( { balancerStop: 1 } )

.. _sharding-balancing-re-enable:
.. _sharding-balancing-enable:
Expand All @@ -193,12 +193,14 @@ re-enable it:

sh.setBalancerState(true)

From a driver that does not have the :method:`sh.startBalancer()` helper,
issue the following from the ``config`` database:
.. note::

.. code-block:: javascript
To enable the balancer from a driver, use the :command:`balancerStart`
command against the ``admin`` database, as in the following:

.. code-block:: javascript

db.settings.update( { _id: "balancer" }, { $set : { stopped: false } } , { upsert: true } )
db.adminCommand( { balancerStart: 1 } )

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