Overview

When to Renew Subscriptions

After a yearly/monthly BMS expires, it cannot run properly. If you want to continue using it, you need to renew the BMS subscription within a specified period. Otherwise, resources, such as CPUs, memory, and EVS disks, will be automatically released, and data will be lost and cannot be restored.

If you renew the BMS before it expires, resources will be retained and you can continue using the BMS. For details about BMS statuses after they have expired and the associated impacts, see Impact of Expiration.

How to Renew Subscriptions

You can renew a yearly/monthly BMS manually or automatically.

You can select a method to renew a yearly/monthly BMS based on the phase the BMS is currently in. See Figure 1.

Figure 1 Selecting a renewal method based on BMS's current phase

• A BMS is in the Running state after it is provisioned.
• When a BMS subscription expires, the BMS status will change from Running to Expired.
• If an expired BMS is not renewed, it enters a grace period. If it is not renewed by the time the grace period expires, the BMS will be frozen and enter a retention period.
• If you do not renew the subscription before the retention period expires, your resources will be automatically deleted.

For details about the grace period and retention period, see What Is a Grace Period of Huawei Cloud? How Long Is It? and What Is a Retention Period of Huawei Cloud? How Long Is It?

You can enable auto-renewal any time before a BMS expires. By default, the system will make the first attempt to charge your account for the renewal at 03:00 seven days before the expiry date. If this attempt fails, it will make another attempt at 03:00 every day until the subscription is renewed or expired. You can change the auto-payment date for renewal as required.