Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations

Name: Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations API
Brand: Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations
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★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentStorageBackup Recoveryoauth26 EndpointsREST

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Quickstart

Get started with Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"fail over an azure sql disaster recovery configuration"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations API.

Retrieve the disaster recovery configuration attached to a SQL server

Create or update a named disaster recovery pairing between two SQL servers

Delete a disaster recovery configuration to break the pairing

Trigger a planned failover to the secondary region

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View OpenAPI Document

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations, keeping it validated and agent-ready. The API provisions and manages disaster recovery configurations on Azure SQL Database servers, allowing agents to inspect a server's DR configuration, create or remove a recovery pairing, and trigger failover or forced failover that allows data loss. It targets the Microsoft.Sql resource provider on the Azure Resource Manager control plane and is intended for high-availability automation across regions, not for routine database query or schema work.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Cross-region failover for Azure SQL

Trigger a planned failover of an Azure SQL Database to its paired region during a regional outage or disaster recovery drill. The API exposes a dedicated failover operation under the disasterRecoveryConfiguration resource and a separate forceFailoverAllowDataLoss operation for unreachable primaries. Use this when an operator or automation needs to switch traffic to the secondary within minutes without rebuilding replication from scratch.

POST to /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{rg}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{drcName}/failover and confirm the configuration status returns to Ready

Provision a DR pairing for a new SQL server

Create a named disaster recovery configuration that pairs a primary Azure SQL server with a secondary in another region. The PUT operation on disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName} establishes the pairing as part of an environment bring-up workflow. Use this to bake DR into infrastructure-as-code provisioning rather than configuring it manually after the fact.

PUT a disasterRecoveryConfiguration named primary-to-secondary on serverA and verify the resource appears in the GET list for that server

DR readiness audit

Walk every SQL server in a subscription and report which have a disaster recovery configuration attached and which do not. The GET operation on the disasterRecoveryConfiguration collection returns the current pairing if one exists, making it the source of truth for compliance audits. Useful for compliance teams who need to evidence that production servers have DR in place.

Iterate over every SQL server in subscriptionId X, GET its disasterRecoveryConfiguration, and emit a CSV of servers missing a DR pairing

Agent-driven incident response

Allow an AI agent to respond to a regional outage alert by checking DR state and initiating failover without a human operator. Through Jentic, the agent searches for the failover operation by intent, loads the input schema, and executes against the right resource path with scoped credentials. Removes the need to memorise long Microsoft.Sql resource paths.

Search Jentic for 'fail over azure sql disaster recovery configuration', load the operation schema, and execute against the named DR configuration

Key Endpoints

6 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for azure sql database disaster recovery configurations, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration

List DR configurations on a server

GET

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Get a named DR configuration

PUT

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Create or update a DR pairing

DELETE

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Delete a DR pairing

POST

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}/failover

Trigger planned failover to secondary

POST

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}/forceFailoverAllowDataLoss

Force failover with possible data loss

GET

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration

List DR configurations on a server

GET

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Get a named DR configuration

PUT

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Create or update a DR pairing

DELETE

/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{disasterRecoveryConfigurationName}

Delete a DR pairing

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Azure AD OAuth tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped, short-lived bearer tokens at execution time — service principal client secrets never enter the agent's context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent (e.g., 'fail over azure sql database') and Jentic returns the matching Microsoft.Sql disasterRecoveryConfiguration operation with its full input schema, so the agent does not need to memorise the long resource path.

Time to first call

Direct ARM integration: 1-3 days for AAD app registration, token exchange, long-running operation polling, and error handling. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Complementary

Azure SQL Database replication links

Manages per-database replication links that DR configurations sit on top of

Use replication-links when you need per-database geo-replication detail; use disaster-recovery-configuration for server-level pairings

Complementary

Azure SQL Database backup

Manages point-in-time backups that supplement DR pairings

Choose backup when you need restore points; choose DR configuration when you need active failover targets

Complementary

Azure SQL Server API spec

Manages server-level connection policy on the same Microsoft.Sql/servers resource

Pair with this API when configuring connection policy and DR together during server bring-up

FAQs

Specific to using Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations?

Microsoft Azure does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the Azure SQL Database disaster recovery configurations API use?

The API uses Azure AD OAuth 2.0 with the implicit flow, scoped to user_impersonation against management.azure.com. Through Jentic, the bearer token is held in the Jentic vault and exchanged for a scoped access token at execution time, so raw refresh tokens never enter the agent's context.

Can I trigger a failover with this API?

Yes. Two POST operations exist: /failover for a planned switch to the secondary and /forceFailoverAllowDataLoss for the case where the primary is unreachable. Both target a named disasterRecoveryConfiguration on a specific Microsoft.Sql server.

What are the rate limits for this API?

Azure Resource Manager applies tenant-level throttling — typically 12,000 reads and 1,200 writes per hour per subscription, with subresource limits documented per provider. DR failover operations are long-running and return 202 Accepted; poll the Azure-AsyncOperation header to track completion.

How do I create a DR pairing through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, then search for 'configure azure sql disaster recovery'. Jentic returns the PUT operation on /disasterRecoveryConfiguration/{name}, loads the request schema, and executes it with the subscription, resource group, and server names you supply.

Does this API work for Azure SQL Managed Instance?

No. This spec covers disaster recovery configurations on Microsoft.Sql/servers only. Managed Instance disaster recovery uses a separate failover groups API under the same provider.