-> I was trying to rename a database on the Azure managed Instance and got the below expected error,

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Unable to rename JB_MI_1. (ObjectExplorer)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Rename failed for Database ‘JB_MI’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=14.0.17254.0+((SSMS_Rel_17_4).180502-0908)&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Rename+Database&LinkId=20476
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An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Database ‘8b680fc7-b6ab-4d70-be7a-dff62547bf51‘ is enabled for database mirroring or has joined an availability group. The name of the database cannot be changed. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 957)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&ProdVer=12.00.2000&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=957&LinkId=20476

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-> It was unusual to see a GUID as a database name in the message.

-> I checked this further to see if I can understand what this GUID is and tried querying the sys.databases to see if I have some details.

-> The sys.databases has a column called physical_database_name that holds this value.

Thank You,
Vivek Janakiraman

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