Changing the Billing Mode from Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly
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You can change the billing mode of a DB instance from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly to reduce your costs for using the instance for a long period of time.
Only when the status of a pay-per-use DB instance is Available, its billing mode can be changed to yearly/monthly.
Changing DB Instance Billing in Batches
- Log in to the DDS console.
- On the Instance Management page, select the target DB instances and click Change to Yearly/Monthly above the DB instance list. In displayed dialog box, click Yes.
- On the displayed page, select the renewal duration in month. The minimum duration is one month.
Confirm the settings and click Pay.
- Select a payment method and click OK.
- View the results on the Instance Management page.
In the upper right corner of the DB instance list, click
to refresh the list. After the DB instance billing mode is changed to yearly/monthly, the instance status will change to Available. The billing mode becomes to Yearly/Monthly.
Changing the Billing Mode of a Single Instance
- Log in to the DDS console.
- On the Instance Management page, locate the target DB instance and in the Operation column, click Change to Yearly/Monthly.
- On the displayed page, select the renewal duration in month. The minimum duration is one month. Figure 1 shows how to change a pay-per-use cluster instance to yearly/monthly.
Confirm the settings and click Pay.
- Select a payment method and click OK.
- View the results on the Instance Management page.
In the upper right corner of the DB instance list, click
to refresh the list. After the DB instance billing mode is changed to yearly/monthly, the instance status will change to Available. The billing mode becomes to Yearly/Monthly.
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