Purchasing a Backup Vault

To enhance defense and reduce service loss caused by ransomware attacks, you are advised to periodically back up data on servers. Before enabling backup, purchase a vault to be used for backup storage.

You can purchase a backup vault on the HSS console by referring to this section, or on the CBR console by referring toCreating a cloud server backup Backup.

Purchasing a Backup Vault

Log in to the management console.
In the upper left corner of the page, select a region, click , and choose Security & Compliance > HSS.
Choose Prevention > Ransomware Prevention.
Click the Protected Servers tab.
Toggle on ransomware backup. In the dialog box that is displayed, click Next.

In the displayed dialog box, set the vault parameters.

**Table 1** Parameters for purchasing backup capacity
Parameter	Description
Billing Mode	Select Yearly/Monthly or On-demand as required. Yearly/Monthly: You are billed based on the purchase period specified in the order. On-demand: You pay for the duration you use the resources. Prices are calculated by hour, and no minimum fee is required.
Region	Region of the backup vault you want to purchase
Capacity	Select the size of the backup vault as required.
Required Duration	Select the required duration if you selected Yearly/Monthly for Billing Mode.
Price	Yearly/Monthly: You are billed based on the storage capacity and available duration you purchased. On-demand: You are billed based on the storage capacity you used.

Click OK.
- If Yearly/Monthly is selected:
  1. The order confirmation page is displayed.
  2. Confirm the order and click Pay.
- If On-demand is selected:
  The capacity is successfully purchased.
  
  The backup vault will be charged after the ransomware protection is enabled. Ensure that your account balance is sufficient.