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Changing a Yearly/Monthly Instance to Pay-per-Use

You can change a yearly/monthly GeminiDB HBase instance to pay-per-use to reclaim a portion of your subscription costs while adapting to your usage needs.

Suppose you bought a yearly/monthly GeminiDB HBase instance at 15:29:16 on April 18, 2023 and changed it to pay-per-use at 16:30:00 on May 18, 2023. On the Billing Center > Billing page, bill information is generated as follows:

  • Yearly/Monthly expenditures for 15:29:16 on April 18 to 23:59:59 on May 18, 2023
  • Pay-per-use expenditures for 23:59:59 on May 18, 2023 to the end time of pay-per-use billing. A bill was generated every hour.

The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription has expired. Auto-renewal will not be in effect.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
  2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  3. On the Instances page, locate the target instance and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use in the Operation column.

    Figure 1 Change to Pay-per-Use

    The billing mode of multiple pay-per-use instances can be changed in batches. Perform the following steps:

    1. Select the instances whose billing mode you want to change.
    2. Click More > Change to Pay-per-Use in the Operation column

  4. 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. After the billing mode is changed, auto-renewal will be disabled.
  5. 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 subscription expires.
  6. 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.
  7. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
Parent Topic: Changing Billing Modes