Overview

When to Renew Subscriptions

If a yearly/monthly DRS task is about to expire but you want to continue using it, you need to renew the DRS task subscription within a specified period, or resources will be automatically released, and data will be lost and cannot be restored.

Only yearly/monthly task subscriptions can be renewed. If you use pay-per-use tasks, just ensure that your account has a valid payment method configured or a top-up account with a sufficient balance.

If you renew a DRS task before it expires, resources will be retained and you can continue using the task. For details about DRS task statuses after they have expired and the associated impacts, see Impact of Expiration.

How to Renew Subscriptions

You can renew a yearly/monthly task manually or automatically.

You can select a method to renew a yearly/monthly DRS task based on the phase the task is currently in.

Figure 1 Selecting a renewal method based on DRS task's current phase

• A DRS task is in the Available state after it is provisioned.
• When a DRS task subscription expires, the status will change from Available to Expired.
• If an expired DRS task is not renewed, it enters a grace period. If it is not renewed by the time the grace period expires, the DRS task will be frozen and enter a retention period.
• If you do not renew the subscription before the retention period expires, your resources will be automatically deleted.

You can enable auto-renewal any time before a DRS task expires. By default, the system will make the first attempt to charge your account for the renewal at 03:00 seven days before the expiry date. If this attempt fails, it will make another attempt at 03:00 every day until the subscription is renewed or expires. You can change the auto-payment date for renewal as required.