diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_ds.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_ds.erl
index acd6cf462..8e64a7de5 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_ds.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_ds.erl
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ db_replica(delete, #{bindings := #{ds := DB, site := Site}}) ->
 -spec update_db_sites(emqx_ds:db(), [emqx_ds_replication_layer_meta:site()], rest | cli) ->
     ok | {error, binary()}.
 update_db_sites(DB, Sites, Via) when is_list(Sites) ->
-    UnknownSites = Sites -- emqx_ds_replication_layer_meta:sites(),
+    UnknownSites = lists:usort(Sites) -- emqx_ds_replication_layer_meta:sites(),
     case {UnknownSites, Sites} of
         {[], [_ | _]} ->
             ?SLOG(warning, #{
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
index ddbc60d5c..12dd23d77 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
@@ -810,9 +810,50 @@ ds(CMD) ->
 
 do_ds(["info"]) ->
     emqx_ds_replication_layer_meta:print_status();
+do_ds(["set_replicas", DBStr | SitesStr]) ->
+    case emqx_utils:safe_to_existing_atom(DBStr) of
+        {ok, DB} ->
+            Sites = lists:map(fun list_to_binary/1, SitesStr),
+            case emqx_mgmt_api_ds:update_db_sites(DB, Sites, cli) of
+                ok ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("ok~n");
+                {error, Description} ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("Unable to update replicas: ~s~n", [Description])
+            end;
+        {error, _} ->
+            emqx_ctl:print("Unknown durable storage")
+    end;
+do_ds(["join", DBStr, Site]) ->
+    case emqx_utils:safe_to_existing_atom(DBStr) of
+        {ok, DB} ->
+            case emqx_mgmt_api_ds:join(DB, list_to_binary(Site), cli) of
+                ok ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("ok~n");
+                {error, Description} ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("Unable to update replicas: ~s~n", [Description])
+            end;
+        {error, _} ->
+            emqx_ctl:print("Unknown durable storage~n")
+    end;
+do_ds(["leave", DBStr, Site]) ->
+    case emqx_utils:safe_to_existing_atom(DBStr) of
+        {ok, DB} ->
+            case emqx_mgmt_api_ds:leave(DB, list_to_binary(Site), cli) of
+                ok ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("ok~n");
+                {error, Description} ->
+                    emqx_ctl:print("Unable to update replicas: ~s~n", [Description])
+            end;
+        {error, _} ->
+            emqx_ctl:print("Unknown durable storage~n")
+    end;
 do_ds(_) ->
     emqx_ctl:usage([
-        {"ds info", "Show overview of the embedded durable storage state"}
+        {"ds info", "Show overview of the embedded durable storage state"},
+        {"ds set_replicas <storage> <site1> <site2> ...",
+            "Change the replica set of the durable storage"},
+        {"ds join <storage> <site>", "Add site to the replica set of the storage"},
+        {"ds leave <storage> <site>", "Remove site from the replica set of the storage"}
     ]).
 
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