Manually Renewing a DCS Instance

Renewing a Subscription on the Cloud Service Console

1. Log in to the console.
2. Click in the upper left and choose Middleware > Distributed Cache Service (for Redis).
3. In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
4. Choose More > Renew in the Operation column of the target DCS instance.
   

   You can also batch renew multiple yearly/monthly DCS instances. The procedure is as follows:

   1. Select multiple DCS instances whose subscription is to be renewed.
   2. Click Renew above the instance list.
   3. In the displayed Renew dialog box, click Yes.

5. Select a renewal duration and determine whether to enable Renewal Date. Confirm the price and click Pay.
   For details about how to renew DCS instances on a standard day in each month, see Setting a Renewal Date.

   Figure 1 Confirming renewal
   

6. Select a payment method and make your payment. Once the order is paid, the renewal is complete.

Renewing a Subscription in Billing Center

1. Log in to the console.
2. Hover over Billing & Costs in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list.

   The Renewals page is displayed.

3. Customize search criteria.

   You can view all resources to be renewed on the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, Pay-per-Use After Expiration, and Renewals Canceled pages, and manually renew the resources.

   Figure 2 Renewals
   

   All resources that need to be manually renewed can be placed on the Manual Renewals tab page. For details, see Restoring to Manual Renewal.

4. Manually renew resources.
   • Separate renewal: Click Renew in the Operation column of the desired resource.
     Figure 3 Separate renewal
     
   • Batch renewal: Check the boxes for the desired resources, and click Batch Renew in the upper left corner.
     Figure 4 Batch renewal
     

5. Select a renewal duration and determine whether to enable Renewal Date. Confirm the price and click Pay.
   For details about how to renew DCS instances on a standard day in each month, see Setting a Renewal Date.

   Figure 5 Confirming renewal
   

6. Select a payment method and make your payment. Once the order is paid, the renewal is complete.

Setting a Renewal Date

If you have multiple DCS instances with different expiration dates, you can set a fixed expiration date to facilitate routine management and renewal.

In Figure 6, a user renews two resources that will expire at different time for one month and sets a fixed renewal date.

Figure 6 Setting a fixed renewal date

For details, see Setting a Renewal Date.