1. Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Globally Distributed Autonomous Database
  2. Create and Manage Globally Distributed Autonomous Databases
  3. Terminating (Deleting) a Shard

Terminating (Deleting) a Shard

Terminating a shard in a Globally Distributed Autonomous Database configuration permanently deletes it and removes all automatic backups. You cannot recover a terminated shard.

For more information about the concepts and considerations of removing shards see Shard Management in Using Oracle Sharding.

  1. Go to the Details page of the Globally Distributed Autonomous Database from which you want to remove a shard.
  2. On the Details page, on the Shards and Catalog tab select a checkbox for the shard, and then select Terminate Shard.
  3. For Globally Distributed Autonomous Database configured for Automated data distribution, you can select Rebalance the data to evenly redistribute the data from this shard among the remaining shards.
  4. On the Terminate Shards dialog enter the Globally Distributed Autonomous Database name to confirm that you want to remove the shard.
  5. Click Remove.