Manually trigger major compaction in a Spanner Omni database
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This document explains how to manually trigger a major compaction in your
Spanner Omni database. This process is largely identical to
triggering a major compaction in a Spanner database,
with the following distinction:
To trigger a major compaction for a Spanner Omni database, use
the following command in the Spanner Omni CLI:
spanneradminalphacompactdatabaseDATABASE_ID
Replace the following:
DATABASE_ID: the database identifier. For example, MY_DATABASE.
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