Switching a Primary

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
In Management Server console, switching of a primary to a secondary is useful when the primary must be brought down for maintenance or to make the application active on another node. Migration involves transferring a healthy primary to a secondary when the application that is involved in replication is inactive.
This operation can be launched from the context of databases or hosts.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the host or the Server perspective. The permission on the host may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization.
To switch a Primary
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Server perspective and expandManage in the left pane.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Expand Applications, expand** Databases . Right-click the required database and select Replication**>Switch.
    • Expand Uncategorized Hosts or anOrganization, expand the host, and expand** RVGs**. Right-click the required RVG and select** Switch**.
  3. In the Switch replication wizard panel, click Finish.
  4. In the Summary wizard panel, verify that the selected replication has been switched.
See Starting replication to a Secondary.