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This page describes how to perform a switchover to a peer Autonomous Database in
Google Cloud. You can perform a switchover through both
Google Cloud and OCI.
If the Primary Autonomous Database is down, you can perform a switchover from
the peer (Standby) database.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have the following roles and permissions required to perform a
switchover:
roles/autonomousDatabaseAdmin
Perform a Switchover
To switchover to a peer database, do the following:
Click the name of the primary Autonomous Database on which you want to
perform a switchover operation.
On theAutonomous Database detailspage, click theDisaster Recoverytab.
In thePeer databasesection, for the peer database that you want to
switchover to, clickmore_vertView actions,
and then clickSwitchover.
In theConfirm switchover to peerdialog, enter the peer database
name and clickConfirm.
On theDisaster recoverytab, in thePeer databasesection, theStatusfield shows you the progress of the switchover operation.
After the switchover is complete, the peer database becomes the "Primary"
and itsStatusfield shows "Available". Whereas, the former Primary
Autonomous Database becomes the "Standby".
If you initiated the switchover in the OCI console, you can still see the
progress of the switchover in the Google Cloud console.
gcloud
Use thegcloud oracle-database autonomous-databases switchovercommand to perform a switchover.
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