Taking over from an original Primary

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In Management Server console, you can transfer the Primary role from an original Primary to a Secondary. When the original Primary fails or is destroyed because of a disaster, the takeover procedure enables you to convert a consistent Secondary to a Primary. The takeover of a primary role by a Secondary is useful when the Primary experiences unscheduled downtimes or is destroyed because of a disaster.
Note: The takeover procedure does not guarantee that the new Primary and any additional Secondary RVGs have identical contents. The remaining Secondaries must be completely synchronized with the new Primary.
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 takeover 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**>Takeover.
    • Expand Uncategorized Hosts or anOrganization, expand the host, and expand** RVGs**. Right-click the required RVG and select** Takeover**.
  3. In the Takeover wizard panel, select the failback options and click OK.
  4. In the Summary wizard panel, verify that the selected replication has been taken over.
See Starting replication to a Secondary.
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Takeover Primary panel options