# How-to-reload-Milvus-collections-for-Aviator_686074224
## Introduction

This topic describes how to reload Milvus collections for the Aviator capability.

## Procedure

This task is per tenant.

To reload a Milvus collection:

1. Log in to **https://<Milvus\_attu\_host>/?#/connect**.
2. From the navigation pane on the left, select **Collection**.
3. Hover over the required collection and click the highlighted **release** button that appears at the end of this row.
4. Release the specified Vector DB collection. The collection status will change to **Unloaded**. The Aviator capability will be unavailable until you complete all the steps in this task. During this period, the incoming index data will not be stored in this collection.
5. Hover over the collection, and click the **load** button that appears at the end.
6. Load the specified Vector DB collection. The collection status will change to **Loaded**.

To verify that you have successfully reloaded the collection, click the **Vector Search** icon on the left-side pane and complete the steps below:

1. Select the collection from the drop-down list.
2. Click **Generate random vector**.
3. ![](attachments/686074224/686074215.png)

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