ApsaraDB RDS:Use the auto-renewal feature

If you do not renew your subscription RDS instance before the expiration date, your workloads are interrupted, and your data may be lost. For more information, see Overdue payments.

Usage notes

• If you enable auto-renewal for your RDS instance, the system deducts the renewal fee at 08:00 on three days before the RDS instance expires. If this fails, the system attempts to deduct the renewal fee once every day for the remaining subscription duration until the deduction succeeds.

  Important

  Make sure you have sufficient balance in your Alibaba Cloud account to ensure that auto-renewal is successful. If all the deduction attempts fail, you must manually renew your RDS instance before the expiration date. This prevents instance downtime that may cause data loss.

• If you have manually renewed your RDS instance before the renewal fee is automatically deducted, no renewal fees are automatically deducted until next time the expiration date approaches.

• After you enable auto-renewal, the configuration takes effect the next day. If your RDS instance is about to expire the next day, manually renew it to avoid service interruptions. For more information, see the Manually renew an ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server instance.

Enable auto-renewal when you purchase an RDS instance

Enable auto-renewal after you purchase an RDS instance

1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console.

2. In the top navigation bar, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.

3. On the Manual or Nonrenewal tab of the page that appears, specify filter conditions to find the RDS instance for which you want to enable auto-renewal. You can enable auto-renewal for one or more RDS instances at a time.

   • Enable auto-renewal for an RDS instance

     1. Click Enable Auto Renewal in the Actions column of the RDS instance.

     2. In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, select an auto-renewal cycle and click Auto Renew.

        Note

        When auto-renewal is enabled for an RDS instance, the system renews the instance based on the specified auto-renewal cycle. For example, if the auto-renewal cycle is set to three months, a fee for three-month subscription is collected each time the instance is automatically renewed.

   • Enable auto-renewal for multiple RDS instances at a time

     Select the RDS instances and click Enable Auto Renewal below the instance list.

   • In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, select an auto-renewal cycle and click Auto Renew.

Change the auto-renewal cycle

1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console.

2. In the top navigation bar, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.

3. On the Auto tab, specify filter conditions to find the RDS instance for which you want to enable auto-renewal. Then, select the RDS instance and click Edit Auto Renewal in the Actions column.

4. In the dialog box that appears, change the auto-renewal cycle and then click OK.

Disable auto-renewal

1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console.

2. In the top navigation bar, choose Expenses > Renewal Management.

3. On the Auto tab, specify filter conditions to find the RDS instance for which you want to enable auto-renewal. Then, select the RDS instance and click Enable Manual Renewal in the Actions column.

4. In the message that appears, click OK.

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