Starting an Instance

Scenarios

You can stop your instance temporarily to save money. After stopping your instance, you can restart it to begin using it again.

Constraints

• If you start a primary instance, read replicas (if there are any) will also be started.
• When a stopped DB instance is started, a full backup is automatically triggered.
• Only instances in Stopped state can be started.
• A stopped pay-per-use instance may fail to start due to insufficient ECS resources. In this case, try again later or restore data to a new DB instance using the latest backup. If you need assistance, contact customer service.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
4. On the Instances page, locate the primary instance that you want to start and choose More > Start in the Operation column.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
   Figure 1 Starting an instance
   

6. If you have enabled operation protection, click Send Code in the displayed Identity Verification dialog box and enter the obtained verification code. Then, click OK.

   Two-factor authentication improves the security of your account. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

7. Refresh the instance list and view the status of the instance. If the status is Available, the instance is started successfully.