Auto-renewing an MRS Cluster

Auto-renewal is easier and prevents MRS clusters from being automatically deleted if you forget to manually renew them. The auto-renewal rules are as follows:

The first auto-renewal date and billing cycle are calculated based on the expiration date of the subscription.
The auto-renewal period of an MRS cluster varies depending on how you enable auto-renewal.
Auto-renewal can be enabled anytime before a subscription expires. The system attempts to automatically renew the subscription at 03:00 seven days before the subscription expires. If the fee deduction fails, there will be one attempt at 03:00 every day until the subscription expires or the renewal is successful.
After auto-renewal is enabled, you can still manually renew your MRS cluster. After a manual renewal is complete, auto-renew is still in effect, and auto-renewal will be done 7 days before the new subscription expires.
By default, the renewal fee is deducted from your account seven days before the new expiry date. You can change this auto-renewal payment date as required.

For more information about auto-renewal, see Auto-renewal.

Prerequisites

Your yearly/monthly MRS cluster has not expired.

Enabling Auto-Renewal on the Purchase Page

You can enable auto-renewal on the page for purchasing yearly/monthly MRS clusters. For more information about purchasing an MRS cluster, see Buying a Custom Cluster.

If you enable auto-renewal when buying an MRS cluster, the auto-renewal periods are as follows:

Your subscription will be renewed each month for monthly billing.
Your subscription will be renewed each year for yearly billing.

Enabling Auto-Renewal in the Active Cluster List

Log in to the MRS console.
In the left navigation pane, choose Clusters > Active Clusters.
Locate the row that contains the target cluster, choose More > Modify Auto-renewal in the Operation column to modify the auto-renewal function.

Enabling Auto-Renewal on the Renewals Page

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

The Renewals page is displayed.
Select the search criteria.
- In the Auto Renewals tab, you can view the resources for which auto-renewal has been enabled.
- You can enable auto-renewal for resources in the Manual Renewals, Pay-per-Use After Expiration, and Renewals Canceled tabs.
Enable auto-renewal for yearly/monthly MRS clusters.
- Enabling auto-renewal for a single MRS cluster: Select the target cluster and click Enable Auto-Renew in the Operation column.
  Figure 1 Enabling auto-renewal for a single MRS cluster
- Enabling auto-renewal for multiple resources at a time: Select the target MRS clusters and click Enable Auto-Renew above the list.
  Figure 2 Enabling auto-renewal for multiple MRS clusters
Select a renewal period, specify the desired auto-renewal times, and click Pay.

If auto-renewal is enabled on the Renewals page, the auto-renewal period is subject to the selected renewal period and number of auto-renewals. For example, if you set the subscription duration to three months, MRS will be automatically renewed for another three months before each expiration.

Figure 3 Enabling auto-renewal