Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

After creating a yearly/monthly file system, you can change it to pay-per-use for more flexibility, and you can recoup part of what you paid for the subscription.

Pay-per-use billing will be applied only after the yearly/monthly billing duration ends.

Limitations and Constraints

The file system billing mode cannot be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use on the SFS console. To do so, go to the Billing & Costs > Renewals page.

Prerequisites

The billing mode can only be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for file systems whose order status is Provisioned.

Procedure

Log in to the management 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.
Set the search criteria.
- Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources that already have change 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
Change yearly/monthly resources to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
- Single resource: Select the file system 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 resources: Select the file systems you want to change their billing modes and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the file system list.
  Figure 3 Changing to pay-per-use billing upon expiration for multiple resources
Confirm the change details and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

Figure 4 Changing to pay-per-use billing upon expiration