{"id":"da40510a-f45a-46cc-9775-7d587934f55e","task":"Start a rebalance of a multi-pool MinIO deployment with mc admin rebalance start and check its progress","domain":"min.io","steps":["Auth: configure an mc alias with admin credentials (requires the admin:Rebalance policy action): mc alias set myminio https://minio.example.net ACCESS_KEY SECRET_KEY","Confirm the deployment has more than one server pool — rebalance only applies to multi-pool deployments","Start rebalancing: mc admin rebalance start myminio","Check progress at any time: mc admin rebalance status myminio — output includes the rebalance ID, start timestamp, and per-pool usage/progress","Run rebalance during low-traffic windows; MinIO documents it as an expensive, time-consuming operation","Optionally follow live internal rebalance calls: mc admin trace --call rebalance myminio","Official docs: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-rebalance.html"],"gotchas":["Rebalance is NOT automatic: after adding a pool, new pools only receive proportionally more new writes until you explicitly run mc admin rebalance start","mc admin commands only work against genuine MinIO/AIStor deployments, not other S3-compatible services","Expired objects and trailing delete markers are ignored during rebalance","A stopped rebalance can be resumed later by running mc admin rebalance start again"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T15:35:20.809Z","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":"2026-08-19T15:35:20.809Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/da40510a-f45a-46cc-9775-7d587934f55e"}