DOCSP-50182 configureCollectionBalancing backport (#12313)

Author: kennethdyer

content/manual/manual/source/reference/command/configureCollectionBalancing.txt

@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ The command has the following syntax:
       {
         configureCollectionBalancing: "<db>.<collection>",
         chunkSize: <num>,
-        defragmentCollection: <bool>
-        enableAutoMerger: <bool> 
+        defragmentCollection: <bool>,
+        enableAutoMerger: <bool>,
+        enableBalancing: <bool> 
       } 
    )
 
@@ -80,9 +81,17 @@ Command Fields
    * - ``enableAutoMerger``
      - boolean
      - Optional
-     - Whether or not the :ref:`{+auto-merge-upper+} 
+     - Sets whether the :ref:`{+auto-merge-upper+} 
        <automerger-concept>` takes this collection into account. 
        Defaults to ``true``.
+   * - ``enableBalancing``
+     - boolean
+     - Optional
+     - Sets whether the balancer operates on the collection.
+       When set to ``false``, the balancer is disabled for the
+       collection.
+
+       .. versionadded:: 8.0.10
 
 
 For more information, see :ref:`Data Partitioning with Chunks
@@ -207,3 +216,16 @@ set the ``enableAutoMerger`` option to ``false``:
       configureCollectionBalancing: "test.students",
       enableAutoMerger: false
    } )
+
+Disable Balancing on a Collection
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To explicitly disable the balancer on a collection, set the
+``enableBalancing`` option to ``false``:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+   db.adminCommand( {
+      configureCollectionBalancing: "test.students",
+      enableBalancing: false
+   } )