Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup
Starts a failover of an availability group to a secondary replica.
Syntax
Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[-AllowDataLoss]
[-Force]
[[-Path] <String[]>]
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[-AllowDataLoss]
[-Force]
[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup cmdlet starts a failover of an availability group to a specified secondary replica. Run this cmdlet on the target secondary replica. After the failover, the secondary replica becomes the primary replica.
Examples
Example 1: Fail over an availability group
PS C:\> Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\SecondaryServer\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG"This command performs a manual failover of the availability group MainAG to the server instance named SecondaryServer\InstanceName.
This command does not allow data loss.
Run this command on the server instance that hosts the secondary replica to which to fail over.
Example 2: Force an availability group to fail over
PS C:\> Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\SecondaryServer\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG" -AllowDataLossThis command performs a manual failover of the availability group MainAG to the server instance named SecondaryServer\InstanceName.
The command specifies the AllowDataLoss parameter.
Therefore, the failover has the potential of data loss, and the command prompts you for confirmation.
Specify the Force parameter to skip the confirmation.
Example 3: Create a script to fail over an availability group
PS C:\> Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\SecondaryServer\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG" -ScriptThis command creates a Transact-SQL script that performs a manual failover of the availability group MainAG to the server instance named SecondaryServer\InstanceName.
The script does not allow data loss. The command does not cause failover.
Parameters
-AccessToken
The access token used to authenticate to SQL Server, as an alternative to user/password or Windows Authentication.
This can be used, for example, to connect to SQL Azure DB and SQL Azure Managed Instance
using a Service Principal or a Managed Identity.
The parameter to use can be either a string representing the token or a PSAccessToken object as returned by running Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl https://database.windows.net.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | PSObject |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AllowDataLoss
Indicates that this cmdlet starts a forced failover to the target secondary replica. Data loss is possible. Unless you specify the Force or Script parameter, the cmdlet prompts you for confirmation.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Encrypt
The encryption type to use when connecting to SQL Server.
This value maps to the Encrypt property SqlConnectionEncryptOption on the SqlConnection object of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient driver.
In v22 of the module, the default is Optional (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be 'Mandatory', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | String |
| Accepted values: | Mandatory, Optional, Strict |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Force
Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation. This cmdlet prompts you for confirmation only if you specify the AllowDataLoss parameter.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-HostNameInCertificate
The host name to be used in validating the SQL Server TLS/SSL certificate. You must pass this parameter if your SQL Server instance is enabled for Force Encryption and you want to connect to an instance using hostname/shortname. If this parameter is omitted then passing the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to -ServerInstance is necessary to connect to a SQL Server instance enabled for Force Encryption.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InputObject
Specifies availability group that this cmdlet fails over.
| Type: | AvailabilityGroup[] |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Path
Specifies the path of the availability group that this cmdlet fails over. If you do not specify this parameter, this cmdlet uses current working location.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ProgressAction
Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.
| Type: | ActionPreference |
| Aliases: | proga |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Script
Indicates that this cmdlet returns a Transact-SQL script that performs the task that this cmdlet performs.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-TrustServerCertificate
Indicates whether the channel will be encrypted while bypassing walking the certificate chain to validate trust.
In v22 of the module, the default is $true (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be '$false', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AvailabilityGroup[]
You can pass an availability group to this cmdlet.