{"id":"d8b42d50-333b-4a9c-9247-7e2af7a571f4","task":"Start a MinIO pool rebalance with mc admin rebalance start","domain":"object-storage","steps":["Configure an alias for the deployment: mc alias set ALIAS https://endpoint:9000 ACCESSKEY SECRETKEY","Confirm the user has the admin:Rebalance policy action for the deployment (required permission)","Start the operation: mc admin rebalance start ALIAS (e.g. mc admin rebalance start myaistor)","Rebalancing redistributes objects across all pools to equalize free space; without it, new objects are written to the pool with the most free space"],"gotchas":["Requires the admin:Rebalance policy action; a non-admin user is denied","Rebalancing is expensive and time-consuming - run only during light or no usage of the deployment","If writes occur during a rebalance they process in parallel and write to a pool not actively rebalancing","Adding a new pool does NOT auto-rebalance; you must trigger a manual rebalance","You can stop a rebalance and start it again later as needed"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T08:19:22.938Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-19T08:19:22.938Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d8b42d50-333b-4a9c-9247-7e2af7a571f4"}