Failover Groups - Failover

Fails over from the current primary server to this server.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/failoverGroups/{failoverGroupName}/failover?api-version=2021-11-01

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 resource group that contains the resource. You can obtain this value from the Azure Resource Manager API or the portal.

serverName
path True

string

The name of the server containing the failover group.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The subscription ID that identifies an Azure subscription.

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for the request.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

FailoverGroup

Successfully failed over.

202 Accepted

Accepted

Other Status Codes

*** Error Responses: ***

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidDatabases - The provided databases IDs are not properly constructed database resource IDs. For the example of proper formatting see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/failovergroups/createorupdate

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidPartner - The given partners field in create or update failover group request body is empty or invalid. Please provide a valid value of this field. For examples of properly formatted requests see  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/failovergroups/createorupdate

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestDuplicatePartner - One or more of the provided partner servers are already part of the failover group. Please make sure the primary server and all of the given partner servers are unique.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidDatabaseServer - One or more of the provided databases do not exist on the primary server of the failover group. Please make sure that all the databases exist on the primary server.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestUnsupportedPartnerCount - Only one partner server for Failover Group is supported. Please modify your request accordingly. For examples of valid requests see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/failovergroups/createorupdate

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidReadWriteEndpoint - The readWriteEndpoint field is required for create or update requests.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalid - The create or update failover group request body is empty or invalid.

  • 400 FailoverGroupUpdateOrDeleteRequestOnSecondary - Modifications to the failover group are not allowed on a secondary server. Execute the request on the primary server.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestNegativeGracePeriodValues - Grace period value for the read-write endpoint must be non-negative.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestLessThanMinimumGracePeriodValues - Grace period value for the failover group must be greater than or equal to the '{0}' minutes minimum grace period

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidReadWriteEndpointFields - The property failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes must be provided when failover policy Automatic is selected for the read-write endpoint.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidReadWriteFailoverPolicy - The failoverPolicy field for the read-write endpoint is required for create or update requests.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestInvalidReadWriteEndpointFieldsForManualPolicy - Grace period value should not be provided when failover policy Manual is selected for the read-write endpoint. Please remove it from request.

  • 400 FailoverGroupCreateOrUpdateRequestReadOnlyPropertyModified - The create or update failover group request body should not modify the read-only property '{0}'.

  • 400 FailoverGroupFailoverRequestOnPrimary - The failover request should be initiated on the secondary server of failover group.

  • 400 FailoverGroupPartnerServerFromDifferentSubscription - Primary server and the partner servers of failover group are from different subscriptions. Cross subscription for servers of failover group is not allowed.

  • 400 InvalidAddSecondaryPermission - User does not have sufficient permission to add secondary on the specified server.

  • 400 InvalidSku - The user specified an invalid sku.

  • 400 ServerNotFound - The requested server was not found.

  • 400 FeatureDisabledOnSelectedEdition - User attempted to use a feature which is disabled on current database edition.

  • 400 TokenTooLong - The provided token is too long.

  • 400 InvalidTargetSubregion - The target server of a non-readable secondary is not in a DR paired Azure region.

  • 400 PartnerServerNotCompatible - The user is attempting to copy a database from a SAWA V1 server to a Sterling server or vice versa.

  • 400 IncorrectReplicationLinkState - The operation expects the database to be in an expected state on the replication link.

  • 400 ResourcePoolNotFound - Specified elastic pool does not exist in the specified logical server.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultKeyDisabled - The operation could not be completed on the server because the Azure Key Vault key is disabled.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultInvalidExpirationDate - The operation could not be completed because the Azure Key Vault key expiration date is invalid.

  • 400 SecurityAzureKeyVaultUrlNullOrEmpty - The operation could not be completed because the Azure Key Vault Uri is null or empty.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultNoServerIdentity - The server identity is not correctly configured.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultInvalidUri - An invalid response from Azure Key Vault. Please use a valid Azure Key Vault URI.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultMissingPermissions - The server is missing required permissions on the Azure Key Vault.

  • 400 SecurityAzureKeyVaultInvalidKeyName - The operation could not be completed because of an invalid Server Key name.

  • 400 PlannedFailoverTimedOutForDatabase - User invoked planned failover, it timed out, and a specific database appears to be to blame.

  • 400 PlannedFailoverTimedOut - User invoked planned failover, and it timed out while trying to contact the partner management service.

  • 400 AdalGenericError - The operation could not be completed because an Azure Active Directory error was encountered.

  • 400 AdalServicePrincipalNotFound - The operation could not be completed because an Azure Active Directory library Service Principal not found error was encountered.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultMalformedVaultUri - The provided Key Vault uri is not valid.

  • 400 CannotUseReservedDatabaseName - Cannot use reserved database name in this operation.

  • 400 InvalidFailoverGroupRegion - Servers specified in a Failover Group need to reside in different regions to provide isolation.

  • 400 FailoverGroupDoesNotExist - Failover group does not exist on a server.

  • 400 FailoverGroupNotSecondary - Failover cannot be initiated from the primary server in a Failover Group.

  • 400 InvalidServerName - Invalid server name specified.

  • 400 DatabaseInFailoverGroupNotPrimary - GeoDR link for the database already exists, but its role is not 'Primary' or it is not continuous copy link.

  • 400 SecurityAdalPrincipalCertExpiredError - The operation could not be completed because the Azure Key Vault principal certificate has expired.

  • 400 UnableToCreateFailoverGroupDueToTableAuditing - Failover Group cannot be created for server that has table auditing turned on.

  • 400 InvalidIdentifier - The identifier contains NULL or an invalid unicode character.

  • 400 UnableToAddDbWithTableAuditingToFailoverGroup - Database with Table Auditing enabled will not be accessible through Failover Group endpoint.

  • 400 SecurityInvalidAzureKeyVaultRecoveryLevel - The provided Key Vault uri is not valid.

  • 400 KeyMaterialNotFoundOnRemoteServer - Remote server does not have access to key material used as a TDE protector.

  • 400 LimitOfFailoverGroupsPerServerExceeded - Creating new Failover Group will exceed the allowed number of Failover Groups per server.

  • 400 SameKeyUriNotFoundOnRemoteServer - Secondary server does not have the key material from the same key vault as the primary server's encryption protector with key auto-rotation enabled.

  • 400 AzureKeyVaultRsaKeyNotSupported - The provided key vault uses unsupported RSA Key Size or Key Type. The supported RSA key size is 2048 or 3072 and Key Type is RSA or RSA-HSM.

  • 400 SameKeyMaterialNotFoundOnRemoteServer - Secondary server does not have the key material of the primary server's encryption protector.

  • 400 GeoReplicationDatabaseNotSecondary - The operation expects the database to be a replication target.

  • 400 GeoReplicaLimitReached - The per-replica replication limit was reached.

  • 400 FailoverGroupWithVirtualNetworkRulesNotSupported - Failover Groups configured with an automatic failover policy are currently not supported on servers configured with virtual network firewall rules. Please configure the failover group with manual failover policy.

  • 400 UnableToResolveRemoteServer - The remote partner server name could not be resolved due to an invalid server name or DNS connectivity issues.

  • 400 RemoteDatabaseCopyPermission - User does not have sufficient permission to create a database copy on the specified server.

  • 400 SecurityAzureKeyVaultGeoChainError - Creating secondary of secondary (a process known as chaining) is not supported when enabling Transparent Data Encryption using Azure Key Vault (BYOK).

  • 404 OperationIdNotFound - The operation with Id does not exist.

  • 404 ResourceNotFound - The requested resource was not found.

  • 404 OperationIdNotFound - The operation with Id does not exist.

  • 404 ServerNotInSubscriptionResourceGroup - Specified server does not exist in the specified resource group and subscription.

  • 404 ServerNotInSubscription - Specified server does not exist on the specified subscription.

  • 404 SourceDatabaseNotFound - The source database does not exist.

  • 405 UnsupportedReplicationOperation - An unsupported replication operation was initiated on the database.

  • 409 OperationCancelled - The operation has been cancelled by user.

  • 409 OperationInterrupted - The operation on the resource could not be completed because it was interrupted by another operation on the same resource.

  • 409 ConflictingServerOperation - An operation is currently in progress for the server.

  • 409 SubscriptionDisabled - Subscription is disabled.

  • 409 ConflictingSystemOperationInProgress - A system maintenance operation is in progress on the database and further operations need to wait until it is completed.

  • 409 GeoReplicationCannotBecomePrimaryDuringUndo - User attempted to failover or force-terminate a geo-link while the secondary is in a state where it may not be physically consistent and so cannot enter the primary role.

  • 409 ServerKeyNameAlreadyExists - The server key already exists on the server.

  • 409 ServerKeyUriAlreadyExists - The server key URI already exists on the server.

  • 409 ServerKeyDoesNotExists - The server key does not exist.

  • 409 UpdateSloInProgress - User tried to initiate an incompatible operation while a SLO update was in progress.

  • 409 AzureKeyVaultKeyNameNotFound - The operation could not be completed because the Azure Key Vault Key name does not exist.

  • 409 AzureKeyVaultKeyInUse - The key is currently being used by the server.

  • 409 FailoverGroupAlreadyExists - Failover group already exists on a given server. Please use different Failover Group name.

  • 409 FailoverGroupBusy - Failover Group is busy with another operation.

  • 409 DatabaseBelongsToOtherFailoverGroup - Database belongs to other Failover Group and cannot be consider a part of this one.

  • 409 DatabaseBeingAddedToFailoverGroup - The database is currently being added to Failover Group, customer needs to wait for this operation to finish to issue remove.

  • 409 DatabaseBeingRemovedFromFailoverGroup - The database is currently being removed from failover group, customer needs to wait for this operation to finish to issue add.

  • 409 FailoverGroupDnsRecordInUse - A duplicate DNS record exists for the requested endpoint.

  • 409 InvalidFailoverGroupName - Invalid Failover Group name was supplied.

  • 409 InvalidOperationForDatabaseNotInReplicationRelationship - A replication seeding operation was performed on a database that is already in a replication relationship.

  • 409 InvalidDatabaseStateForOperation - The operation is not allowed on the database in its current replication state.

  • 409 DuplicateGeoDrRelation - The databases are already in a replication relation. This is a duplicate request.

  • 409 RemoteDatabaseExists - The destination database name already exists on the destination server.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyCreateUpdateRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyCreateUpdateRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 429 SubscriptionTooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 500 OperationTimedOut - The operation timed out and automatically rolled back. Please retry the operation.

  • 503 TooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 503 TooManyRequests - Requests beyond max requests that can be processed by available resources.

  • 503 AzureKeyVaultConnectionFailed - The operation could not be completed on the server because attempts to connect to Azure Key Vault have failed

  • 503 AzureKeyVaultGenericConnectionError - The operation could not be completed because an error was encountered when attempting to retrieve Key Vault information .

  • 503 DatabaseUnavailable - The operation failed because the database is unavailable.

  • 504 RequestTimeout - Service request exceeded the allowed timeout.

Examples

Planned failover of a failover group

Sample Request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/failover-group-secondary-server/failoverGroups/failover-group-test-3/failover?api-version=2021-11-01

Sample Response

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/failover-group-secondary-server/failoverGroups/failover-group-test-3",
  "name": "failover-group-test-3",
  "type": "Microsoft.Sql/servers/failoverGroups",
  "location": "Japan West",
  "properties": {
    "readWriteEndpoint": {
      "failoverPolicy": "Automatic",
      "failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes": 120
    },
    "readOnlyEndpoint": {
      "failoverPolicy": "Disabled"
    },
    "replicationRole": "Primary",
    "replicationState": "CATCH_UP",
    "partnerServers": [
      {
        "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/failover-group-primary-server",
        "location": "Japan East",
        "replicationRole": "Secondary"
      }
    ],
    "databases": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/failover-group-secondary-server/databases/testdb-1",
      "/subscriptions/00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444/resourceGroups/Default/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/failover-group-secondary-server/databases/testdb-2"
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
FailoverGroup

A failover group.

FailoverGroupReadOnlyEndpoint

Read-only endpoint of the failover group instance.

FailoverGroupReadWriteEndpoint

Read-write endpoint of the failover group instance.

FailoverGroupReplicationRole

Local replication role of the failover group instance.

PartnerInfo

Partner server information for the failover group.

ReadOnlyEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-only endpoint for the failover group.

ReadWriteEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-write endpoint for the failover group. If failoverPolicy is Automatic then failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes is required.

FailoverGroup

A failover group.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource ID.

location

string

Resource location.

name

string

Resource name.

properties.databases

string[]

List of databases in the failover group.

properties.partnerServers

PartnerInfo[]

List of partner server information for the failover group.

properties.readOnlyEndpoint

FailoverGroupReadOnlyEndpoint

Read-only endpoint of the failover group instance.

properties.readWriteEndpoint

FailoverGroupReadWriteEndpoint

Read-write endpoint of the failover group instance.

properties.replicationRole

FailoverGroupReplicationRole

Local replication role of the failover group instance.

properties.replicationState

string

Replication state of the failover group instance.

tags

object

Resource tags.

type

string

Resource type.

FailoverGroupReadOnlyEndpoint

Read-only endpoint of the failover group instance.

Name Type Description
failoverPolicy

ReadOnlyEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-only endpoint for the failover group.

FailoverGroupReadWriteEndpoint

Read-write endpoint of the failover group instance.

Name Type Description
failoverPolicy

ReadWriteEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-write endpoint for the failover group. If failoverPolicy is Automatic then failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes is required.

failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes

integer

Grace period before failover with data loss is attempted for the read-write endpoint. If failoverPolicy is Automatic then failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes is required.

FailoverGroupReplicationRole

Local replication role of the failover group instance.

Name Type Description
Primary

string

Secondary

string

PartnerInfo

Partner server information for the failover group.

Name Type Description
id

string

Resource identifier of the partner server.

location

string

Geo location of the partner server.

replicationRole

FailoverGroupReplicationRole

Replication role of the partner server.

ReadOnlyEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-only endpoint for the failover group.

Name Type Description
Disabled

string

Enabled

string

ReadWriteEndpointFailoverPolicy

Failover policy of the read-write endpoint for the failover group. If failoverPolicy is Automatic then failoverWithDataLossGracePeriodMinutes is required.

Name Type Description
Automatic

string

Manual

string