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sh.setBalancerState()

Description

sh.setBalancerState(state)

Enables or disables the balancer. Use sh.getBalancerState() to determine if the balancer is currently enabled or disabled and sh.isBalancerRunning() to check its current state.

The sh.getBalancerState() method has the following parameter:

Parameter	Type	Description
state	Boolean	Set this to true to enable the balancer and false to disable it.

See also

• sh.enableBalancing()
• sh.disableBalancing()
• sh.getBalancerHost()
• sh.getBalancerState()
• sh.isBalancerRunning()
• sh.startBalancer()
• sh.stopBalancer()
• sh.waitForBalancer()
• sh.waitForBalancerOff()

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