Updated on 2025-07-30 GMT+08:00

Recycling an Instance

You can move unsubscribed yearly/monthly and deleted pay-per-use GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible instances to the recycle bin and rebuild them if necessary.

Usage Notes

  • The recycling bin is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. Instances in the recycle bin are retained for 7 days by default, and this will not incur any charges.
  • Currently, you can put a maximum of 100 instances into the recycle bin.
  • If you delete an instance of full storage, the deleted instance will not be moved to the recycle bin.
  • You can modify the retention period, and the changes only apply to the DB instances deleted after the changes, so exercise caution when performing this operation.
  • After an instance is deleted, the most recent automated full backup (if no automated full backup is available one day ago, the latest one is retained) is retained and a full backup is performed. You can select any backup file to restore the instance data.

Modifying the Recycling Policy

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
  2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  3. On the Recycling Bin page, click Modify Recycling Policy. In the displayed dialog box, set the retention period from 1 day to 7 days. Then, click OK.

    Figure 1 Modifying a recycling policy

Rebuilding an Instance

You can rebuild DB instances from the recycle bin within the retention period to restore data.

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console.
  2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  3. On the Recycling Bin page, locate the target instance and click Rebuild in the Operation column.

    Figure 2 Rebuilding an instance

  4. On the displayed page, configure required parameters and submit the task.