Starting a DB Instance

Scenarios

You can stop your instance temporarily to save money. After stopping your instance, you can restart it to begin using it again.

Billing

After a DB instance is started, the VM where the DB instance is located is billed again.

Constraints

• When a stopped DB instance is started, a full backup is automatically triggered.
• Only instances in Stopped state can be started.
• A stopped pay-per-use instance may fail to start due to insufficient ECS resources. If this happens, try again later. If you need assistance, submit a service ticket.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > TaurusDB.
4. On the Instances page, locate the primary instance that you want to start and choose More > Start in the Operation column.
5. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
   Figure 1 Starting a DB instance
   

6. Refresh the instance list and view the status of the instance. If the status is Available, the instance is started successfully.