Changing the Billing Mode from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Precautions

• The billing mode of a yearly/monthly instance can only be changed to pay-per-use when the instance is in the Available status.
• Auto renewal will be disabled after the billing mode of your instances is changed to pay-per-use. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

Changing the Billing Mode of a Single Instance to Pay-per-Use

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
3. On the Instances page, locate the instance whose billing mode you want to change and click Change to Pay-per-Use in the Operation column.
   Figure 1 Changing yearly/monthly to pay-per-Use
   

4. On the displayed page, confirm the instance information and click Change to Pay-per-Use to submit the change. The billing mode will change to pay-per-use after the DB instance expires.
5. After you submit the change, a message is displayed in the Billing Mode column of the target DB instance, indicating that the billing mode will be changed to pay-per-use after the DB instance expires.
6. To cancel the change, choose Billing > Renewal to enter the Billing Center. On the Renewals page, locate the target DB instance and click More > Cancel Change to Pay-per-Use.
7. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.

Changing the billing mode of multiple instances to pay-per-use

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
3. On the Instances page, select the instances whose billing mode you want to change and click Change to Pay-per-Use above the instance list.
   Figure 2 Changing the billing mode of multiple instances to pay-per-use
   

4. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
5. On the displayed page, confirm the instance information and click Change to Pay-per-Use. The billing mode will change to pay-per-use after the instance expires.
   

   Auto renewal will be disabled after the billing mode of your instances is changed to pay-per-use. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

6. After you submit the change, check whether a message is displayed in the Billing Mode column, indicating that the billing mode will be changed to pay-per-use after the instance expires.
7. To cancel the change, choose Billing > Renewal to enter the Billing Center. On the Renewals page, locate the instance and click More > Cancel Change to Pay-per-Use.
8. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.