Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Constraints

• Changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use is supported only after you have passed real-name authentication.
• The billing mode can only be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for ECSs whose order status is Provisioned. You can view the order status on the Billing & Costs > Renewal page
• A maximum of 100 ECSs can be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use at a time.
• The billing modes of products in a solution portfolio cannot be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

Prerequisites

You need to change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use on the Billing & Costs > Renewal page.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management 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. Select the search criteria.
   • Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources that already have changed to pay-per-use upon expiration configured.
   • Under the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled tabs, you can change the resources to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
   Figure 1 Renewals
   

4. Change yearly/monthly resources to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
   • Single ECS: Select the ECS you want to change the billing mode and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
     Figure 2 Changing to pay-per-use billing upon expiration for a single resource
     
   • Multiple ECSs: Select the ECSs you want to change their billing modes and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the ECS list.
     Figure 3 Changing to pay-per-use billing upon expiration for multiple resources
     

5. Confirm the change details and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.
   Figure 4 Changing to pay-per-use billing upon expiration