Renew your resource plans before they expire to keep OSS usage offset at discounted rates. Once a plan expires, usage shifts to pay-as-you-go billing. If your plan has already expired, purchase a new one to resume discounted billing.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure that you have:
A resource plan that has not yet expired
You can renew Standard locally redundant storage packages, IA locally redundant storage packages, Archive locally redundant storage packages, Standard zone-redundant storage packages, IA zone-redundant storage packages, outbound data transfer plans, and basic Anti-DDoS plans.
One of the following plan types (only these support renewal):
Standard ZRS plans
Standard LRS plans
IA LRS plans
Cold Archive LRS plans
Outbound data transfer plans
Anti-DDoS Origin Basic plans
Constraints
RAM user access: To renew a resource plan using a Resource Access Management (RAM) user, grant the RAM user the
AliyunBSSOrderAccesspermission. This permission allows the RAM user to view, pay for, and cancel orders in the User Center (BSS). For more information, see Manage RAM user permissions.Post-upgrade wait: After upgrading a resource plan, wait one hour before renewing it.
Renew a resource plan
Renew manually from the OSS console or the Expenses and Costs console.
| Console | When to use |
|---|---|
| OSS console | Renewing a single plan quickly |
| Expenses and Costs console | Renewing multiple plans in one operation |
Use the OSS console
Log on to the OSS console.
In the left navigation pane, choose Resource Usage > Resource Plan Management.
On the Resource Plan Management page, find the resource plan and click RenewRenew in the Actions column.
On the Renew page, select a Subscription Duration and complete the payment.
Use the Expenses and Costs console
Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.
In the left navigation pane, select Renewal Management.
On the Manual RenewalResource RenewalRenewal page, click the Manual Renewal tab.
Renew one or more resource plans:
Single plan: Find the resource plan, click Renew in the Actions column, select a Subscription Duration, and complete the payment.
Multiple plans: Select the resource plans, click Batch Renew, select a renewal duration, and complete the payment.
Batch renewal applies to resource plans for the same product only. Resource plans for different products must be renewed separately.
Automatic renewal
If you need to use the purchased resource plan to offset the fees for specific billable items for a long period of time, you can enable the auto-renewal feature. After you enable the auto-renewal feature, the system automatically renews the resource plan before the resource plan expires. You do not need to manually renew it. To automatically renew a resource plan, use one of the following methods:
Method 1: Use the OSS console
Log on to the OSS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Resource Plans page, click Renew in the Actions column of the resource plan that you want to renew.
On the Renew page, select a subscription duration for the resource plan and click Auto-renewal in the Validity Period section. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the payment.
NoteAfter you enable the auto-renewal feature, you can disable the auto-renewal feature only by clicking Enable Manual Renewal or Nonrenewal in the Actions column of the Auto tab of the Renewal page in the Expenses and Costs console.
Method 2: Use the Expenses and Costs console
Log on to the 费用与成本.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the tab of the page, perform the following steps to automatically renew one or more resource plans:
To automatically renew a resource plan, click Enable Auto Renewal in the Actions column of the resource plan. In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box that appears, select a subscription duration for the resource plan based on your business requirements. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the payment.
To automatically renew multiple resource plans, select multiple resource plans and click Enable Auto Renew in the lower part of the page. In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box that appears, select a subscription duration for the resource plans based on your business requirements. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the payment.
NoteYou can automatically renew multiple resource plans only of a service at a time. You cannot automatically renew multiple resource plans of different services at a time.