# confluent switchover pair create ## Description Create a switchover pair between two Kafka clusters for disaster recovery. ```none confluent switchover pair create [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --member stringArray REQUIRED: A member of the pair, in the form "name=,crn=". The CRN carries the member's own environment, so the two members may live in different environments. Must be specified exactly twice. --active-member string REQUIRED: The name of the member that starts as active. The name must match one of the --member names. --environment string Environment ID. --context string CLI context name. -o, --output string Specify the output format as "human", "json", or "yaml". (default "human") ``` ## Global Flags ```none -h, --help Show help for this command. --unsafe-trace Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets. -v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, and -vvvv for trace). ``` ## Examples Create switchover pair “prod-kafka-dr” between two Kafka clusters (west and east), active on west. ```none confluent switchover pair create prod-kafka-dr --member name=west,crn=crn://confluent.cloud/organization=abc/environment=env-111111/cloud-cluster=lkc-111111 --member name=east,crn=crn://confluent.cloud/organization=abc/environment=env-222222/cloud-cluster=lkc-222222 --active-member west ``` ## See Also * [confluent switchover pair](index.md#confluent-switchover-pair) - Manage switchover pairs.