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Deleting a DCS Instance

On the DCS console, you can delete one or multiple DCS instances at a time. You can also delete all instance creation tasks that have failed to run.

Notes and Constraints

  • The DCS instances exist, and must be in the Running, Faulty, or Stopped state.
  • Deleting DCS instances removes their data and backups permanently. To retain the backups, download and save them first.
  • If the instance is in cluster mode, all cluster nodes will be deleted.
  • Instances billed on a yearly/monthly basis cannot be deleted.

Procedure

To delete existing DCS instances, see Deleting Existing DCS Instances. To delete instances that fail to be created, see Deleting DCS Instances That Fail to Be Created.

  1. Log in to the DCS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the console and select the region where your instance is located.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
  4. On the Cache Manager page, select one or more DCS instances to be deleted, and choose More > Delete above.

    To delete a single instance, choose More > Delete in Operation column in the row containing the instance.

  5. Enter DELETE and click Yes to delete the DCS instance.

    Clicking Auto Enter enters DELETE quickly.

  6. When a prompt indicating that the instance is deleted is displayed, the operation is complete.

    It takes 1 to 30 minutes to delete DCS instances.

  1. Log in to the DCS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the console and select the region where your instance is located.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.

    If there are DCS instances that have failed to be created, Instance Creation Failures and the number of instances that fail to be created is displayed above the instance list.

  4. Click the icon or the number of failed tasks next to Instance Creation Failures.

    The Instance Creation Failures dialog box is displayed.

  5. Delete failed instance creation tasks as required.

    • To delete all failed tasks, click Delete All above the task list.
    • To delete a single failed task, click Delete in the row containing the task.

Related Document

To delete DCS Redis instances by calling an API, see Deleting an Instance and Batch Deleting DCS Instances.

Parent Topic: Managing Lifecycle of an Instance