Reshard a Vitess keyspace online with a VReplication Reshard workflow
domain: vitess.io · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Define the new shard layout (target shard key ranges) for the keyspace being resharded
Start the workflow with vtctldclient Reshard --workflow=<name> --target-keyspace=<ks> create --source-shards=<...> --target-shards=<...>
Monitor copy and replication catch-up with Reshard ... show / status, and validate data correctness with VDiff before cutover
Cut traffic over to the new shards with Reshard ... SwitchTraffic, which incurs only a brief read-only window
After confirming the new shards are healthy, clean up the old shards and workflow artifacts with Reshard ... complete
Known gotchas
Resharding streams continuously from source tablets, which can impact a source tablet in production — throttle with the --vreplication_copy_phase_max_* vttablet flags or source from a replica where possible
SwitchTraffic causes a short read-only period during cutover; plan for it rather than assuming true zero-downtime
The workflow can be reverted before complete is run, but once cleanup runs the old shards' artifacts are gone — validate thoroughly with VDiff first
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