Overview

When to Renew Subscriptions

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

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

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

How to Renew Subscriptions

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

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

Figure 1 Vault lifecycle

• A vault is in the Running state after it is provisioned.
• When a vault subscription expires, the vault status will change to Expired.
• If an expired vault is not renewed, it enters a grace period. If it is not renewed by the time the grace period expires, the vault 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.

• For details about the grace period and retention period, see What Is a Grace Period of Huawei Cloud? How Long Is It? and What Is a Retention Period of Huawei Cloud? How Long Is It?

You can enable auto-renewal any time before a vault 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 expired. You can change the auto-payment date for renewal as required.