View instances

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After you create a Tablestore instance, you can check its configuration, endpoints, and usage from the Tablestore console.

Prerequisites

You have created a Tablestore instance. If you have not created one, create an instance first.

View the instance list

  1. Log on to the Tablestore console.

  2. In the top navigation bar, select a resource group and a region.

  3. On the Overview page, find the Instances section. The list shows the instance alias/name, instance mode, instance type, and redundancy type of each instance.

You can perform the following operations in the Instances section.

Operation Description
Manage an instance Click the name of the instance, or click Manage Instance in the Actions column. The Instance Management page appears, where you can view instance information and manage data tables.
Modify the alias of an instance Click the Edit icon icon in the Instance Alias/Name column. Enter a new alias in the dialog box, and then click Modify the Alias Name.
View the monitoring data of an instance Click the Monitoring icon icon in the Monitoring column. The Instance Monitoring tab appears, where you can view statistics such as queries per second (QPS) and traffic.
Modify the tags of an instance Move the pointer over the Tags icon icon in the Tags column, and then click Edit in the pop-up window to modify the tags.

Upgrade, renew, or downgrade

You can upgrade, renew, or downgrade instances in VCU mode (formerly reservation mode) by clicking Upgrade, Renew, or ┇ > Downgrade in the Actions column.

Release an instance Click Release in the Actions column, and then click OK in the Release message that appears. For more information, see Release a CU mode instance or Unsubscribe from a VCU mode instance.
Important

You cannot restore a released instance. Proceed with caution.

View instance details

  1. Go to the Instance Management page.

    1. Log on to the Tablestore console.

    2. In the top navigation bar, select a resource group and a region.

    3. On the Overview page, click the name of the instance that you want to manage, or click Manage Instance in the Actions column.

  2. On the Instance Details tab, view the details of the instance.

The Instance Details tab contains the following sections.

Section Description
Instance Access URL The endpoints for connecting to the instance, including Classic Network, Internet, VPC, and Internet (Dual Stack). Use these endpoints to configure SDK or API access. For more information, see Endpoints.

Basic instance information

Basic information about the instance.

  • If the instance model is CU mode, the information includes instance name, instance alias, instance model, instance description, creation time, storage specifications, redundancy type, resource group, and tags.

  • If the instance model is VCU mode, the elastic capacity of the instance is also displayed. You can enable or disable the elastic capacity as needed.

Subscription information

Subscription information for the instance, including specifications, elastic capacity limit, and subscription order ID. You can upgrade, downgrade, or renew the instance, or adjust the elastic capacity limit.

Note

This information is displayed only for instances in VCU mode.

Usage Details The current resource consumption of the instance, including table size, last update time of table size, total number of tables, and the table count limit.
Tables The data tables in the instance. You can view and manage existing data tables or create a new one.
Time Series Tables The time series tables in the instance. You can view and manage existing time series tables or create a new one.

What's next

  • Endpoints -- Learn about the different endpoint types for Tablestore instances.

  • Release an instance -- Release an instance that you no longer need.

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