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sh.setBalancerState()¶
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Description¶
-
sh.
setBalancerState
(state)¶ Enables or disables the balancer. Use
sh.getBalancerState()
to determine if the balancer is currently enabled or disabled andsh.isBalancerRunning()
to check its current state.The
sh.setBalancerState()
method has the following parameter:Parameter Type Description state
Boolean Set this to true
to enable the balancer andfalse
to disable it.