Instructs an online OpenEdge Replication source database to switch roles with an online target database.
The name of the database, currently in the role of the source replica to perform the action on.
The transition of a database from one role to another requires that many different operations be performed, which could include adding after-image extents, backing up the database, or starting up or shutting down the database. The passphrase is required when these operations are performed for a manual startup database that you have enabled with transparent data encryption.
Failover transition reverses the roles of a source and target database. For details of the steps involved in failover transition, see
Failback processing using transition failover.