---
title: "POST /#Action=SwitchoverReadReplica"
method: POST
path: "/#Action=SwitchoverReadReplica"
---

# POST /#Action=SwitchoverReadReplica

`POST /#Action=SwitchoverReadReplica`

Switches over an Oracle standby database in an Oracle Data Guard environment, making it the new primary database. Issue this command in the Region that hosts the current standby database.

## Query parameters

- `Action` 'SwitchoverReadReplica', required
- `Version` '2014-10-31', required

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `480` — DBInstanceNotFoundFault
- `481` — InvalidDBInstanceStateFault

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