What Are the Differences Between a Resource Account and a Member Account for Unified Accounting?
In Landing Zone solution, a resource account is the minimum unit for resource isolation. Resource accounts are used for internal resource and security management.
A resource account must be created with an enterprise master account through Organizations and is associated with the master account that is used to create it. Resource accounts cannot be used for transactions on Huawei Cloud, but member accounts can.
Table 1 lists more differences between a resource account and a member account for unified accounting.
Scenario |
Sub-Scenario |
Resource Account |
Member Account |
Registration |
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Login |
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You can sign in to Huawei Cloud with a member account. |
Real-name authentication |
- |
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Account information |
- |
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Resource subscription |
Pay-per-use resources |
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Yearly/monthly resources |
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Purchasing resource packages, savings plans, or reserved instances |
You cannot purchase resource packages, savings plans, or reserved instances. |
You can purchase resource packages, savings plans, or reserved instances. |
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Payment |
Top-up and withdrawal |
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Paying bills |
Resources in a resource account are paid for by the associated master account. |
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Bill generation and settlement |
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Invoicing |
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Sharing resource packages and savings plans |
- |
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Coupons |
- |
Cash coupons are not issued for resource accounts. |
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Cost management |
- |
You can perform operations such as budget tracking, exception monitoring, and viewing cost recommendations with a resource account. You cannot purchase savings plans with a resource account, so if you log in to the Cost Center with a resource account, your savings plans related functions will not be displayed. |
You can perform operations such as budget tracking, exception monitoring, and viewing recommended cost optimizations with a member account. If you disassociate from your master account, you can only manage costs generated after the disassociation. |
Closing accounts |
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An enterprise master can close resource accounts through Organizations. You cannot close your own resource account in My Account. |
Your enterprise master cannot close your account. You can close your own member account in My Account. |
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