Stopping an Instance

Scenarios

If you use DB instances only for routine development, you can temporarily stop pay-per-use instances to save money. You can stop an instance for up to 15 days.

Billing

After a DB instance is stopped, the VM where the DB instance is located is no longer billed. Other resources, including EIPs, storage resources, and backups, are still billed.

Constraints

• If you stop a primary instance, read replicas (if there are any) will also be stopped. They are stopped for up to 15 days. You cannot stop a read replica without stopping the primary instance.
• A stopped instance cannot be deleted through the console.
• Stopping a DB instance will also stop its automated backups. After the DB instance is started, a full backup is automatically triggered.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
3. On the Instances page, locate the primary instance that you want to stop and choose More > Stop in the Operation column.
4. In the displayed dialog box, enter YES and click OK.
5. Refresh the instance list and view the status of the instance. If the status is Stopped, the instance is stopped successfully.