The instance shutdown and retention feature enables you to retain an instance's data and configuration at a low cost when it is not in use. This feature is useful for temporarily idle resources or for scenarios that require long-term data retention for security and compliance. You can quickly resume the instance when you need it.
Effects and billing
After you enable instance shutdown and retention, the instance status and billing rules change.
Instance status changes
When an instance enters the shutdown and retention state, its status changes as follows:
Item | Status description |
Data and configuration | All data and configuration information of the instance is retained. |
Access and connections | The instance becomes inaccessible. All established connections are disconnected within 5 minutes. |
O&M operations | Only the Resume operation is supported. Other O&M operations are unavailable. |
Billing rules
When an instance enters the shutdown and retention state, billing for compute resources stops. Only storage fees are charged. The fee for shutdown and retention is calculated as follows: Pay-as-you-go hourly price of the instance type × 0.3. Active business discounts in your account still apply.
Billing for separately charged value-added services, such as bandwidth plans and audit logs, does not stop when the instance is shut down. To avoid unnecessary charges, you must manually disable these services before you enable shutdown and retention.
Limits
Before you enable instance shutdown and retention, ensure that the instance meets the following conditions:
Deployment mode: Must be cloud-native.
Billing method: Must be pay-as-you-go. If the instance uses the subscription billing method, you must first change it to pay-as-you-go.
Procedure
Enable shutdown and retention
Log on to the console and go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the instance that you want to manage resides.
Find the target instance. In the Operation column, click
> Shutdown and Retain.NoteBefore you enable shutdown and retention, manually disable all value-added services that are charged separately, such as audit logs and bandwidth plans, to avoid extra fees.
In the dialog box that appears, copy the Instance ID into the text box and click OK.
You cannot directly release an instance that is shut down. To release the instance, you must first resume it by following the steps below.
Resume an instance
Log on to the console and go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the instance that you want to manage resides.
Find the target instance. In the Operation column, click
> Resume Instance.In the dialog box that appears, copy the Instance ID into the text box and click OK.
After the instance is resumed, billing returns to normal. The resumption process takes about 15 minutes.