Failover Groups - Create

Service:: Arc Data

API Version:: 2026-01-01

Creates or replaces a failover group resource.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/{sqlManagedInstanceName}/failoverGroups/{failoverGroupName}?api-version=2026-01-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
failoverGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the Failover Group
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the Azure resource group
sqlManagedInstanceName	path	True	string	Name of SQL Managed Instance
subscriptionId	path	True	string	The ID of the Azure subscription
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for the request

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
properties	True	FailoverGroupProperties	null

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	FailoverGroupResource	OK
201 Created	FailoverGroupResource	Created
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	* Error Responses: *

Examples

Create or update a failover group instance.

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/testSqlManagedInstance/failoverGroups/testFailoverGroupName?api-version=2026-01-01

{
  "properties": {
    "partnerManagedInstanceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/partnerMI",
    "spec": {
      "partnerSyncMode": "async",
      "role": "primary"
    }
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "properties": {
    "partnerManagedInstanceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/partnerMI",
    "spec": {
      "sharedName": "testSharedName",
      "sourceMI": "sourceSQLMI",
      "partnerMI": "partnerMI",
      "partnerMirroringURL": "11.11.111.111:1111",
      "partnerMirroringCert": "testCert",
      "partnerSyncMode": "async",
      "role": "primary"
    }
  },
  "systemData": {
    "createdBy": "user1",
    "createdByType": "User",
    "createdAt": "2020-01-01T17:18:19.1234567Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "user2",
    "lastModifiedByType": "User",
    "lastModifiedAt": "2020-01-02T17:18:19.1234567Z"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/testSqlManagedInstance/failoverGroups/testFailoverGroupName",
  "name": "testFailoverGroupName",
  "type": "Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/failoverGroups"
}

Status code:: 201

{
  "properties": {
    "partnerManagedInstanceId": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/partnerMI",
    "spec": {
      "sharedName": "testSharedName",
      "sourceMI": "sourceSQLMI",
      "partnerMI": "partnerMI",
      "partnerMirroringURL": "11.11.111.111:1111",
      "partnerMirroringCert": "testCert",
      "partnerSyncMode": "async",
      "role": "primary"
    }
  },
  "systemData": {
    "createdBy": "user1",
    "createdByType": "User",
    "createdAt": "2020-01-01T17:18:19.1234567Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "user2",
    "lastModifiedByType": "User",
    "lastModifiedAt": "2020-01-02T17:18:19.1234567Z"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/testSqlManagedInstance/failoverGroups/testFailoverGroupName",
  "name": "testFailoverGroupName",
  "type": "Microsoft.AzureArcData/sqlManagedInstances/failoverGroups"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
failoverGroupPartnerSyncMode	The partner sync mode of the SQL managed instance.
FailoverGroupProperties	The properties of a failover group resource.
FailoverGroupResource	A failover group resource.
FailoverGroupSpec	The specifications of the failover group resource.
instanceFailoverGroupRole	The role of the SQL managed instance in this failover group.
provisioningState	The provisioning state of the failover group resource.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

failoverGroupPartnerSyncMode

Enumeration

The partner sync mode of the SQL managed instance.

Value	Description
async
sync

FailoverGroupProperties

Object

The properties of a failover group resource.

Name	Type	Description
partnerManagedInstanceId	string	The resource ID of the partner SQL managed instance.
provisioningState	provisioningState	The provisioning state of the failover group resource.
spec	FailoverGroupSpec	The specifications of the failover group resource.
status	object	The status of the failover group custom resource.

FailoverGroupResource

Object

A failover group resource.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Fully qualified resource ID for the resource. Ex - /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/{resourceType}/{resourceName}
name	string	The name of the resource
properties	FailoverGroupProperties	null
systemData	systemData	Azure Resource Manager metadata containing createdBy and modifiedBy information.
type	string	The type of the resource. E.g. "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines" or "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts"

FailoverGroupSpec

Object

The specifications of the failover group resource.

Name	Type	Default value	Description
partnerMI	string		The name of the partner SQL managed instance.
partnerMirroringCert	string		The mirroring endpoint public certificate for the partner SQL managed instance. Only PEM format is supported.
partnerMirroringURL	string		The mirroring endpoint URL of the partner SQL managed instance.
partnerSyncMode	failoverGroupPartnerSyncMode	async	The partner sync mode of the SQL managed instance.
role	instanceFailoverGroupRole	primary	The role of the SQL managed instance in this failover group.
sharedName	string		The shared name of the failover group for this SQL managed instance. Both SQL managed instance and its partner have to use the same shared name.
sourceMI	string		The name of the SQL managed instance with this failover group role.

instanceFailoverGroupRole

Enumeration

The role of the SQL managed instance in this failover group.

Value	Description
primary
secondary
force-primary-allow-data-loss
force-secondary

provisioningState

Enumeration

The provisioning state of the failover group resource.

Value	Description
Succeeded
Failed
Canceled
Accepted

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.