AWS launched the Amazon RDS Switchover Read Replica execution block in ARC Region switch, automating recovery orchestration for Amazon RDS databases running Oracle Data Guard in multi-Region workloads.

Key Details

• Automates role transition between primary database and read replica with zero data loss during planned failover scenarios.
• Automates promotion of read replicas to primary databases during unplanned failovers for rapid recovery.
• Provides native cross-account support to orchestrate recovery of Amazon RDS instances hosted in different accounts from the Region switch plan.
• Available in all commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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