If your business load has specific patterns and is predictable, you can create a scheduled task to automate scaling. Auto Scaling automatically prepares computing resources to handle business load during peak hours and releases idle computing resources during off-peak hours.
Background information
Scheduled tasks can execute specified scaling rules at the specified point in time to automate scaling of computing resources. For more information, see Overview.
Create a scheduled task
You can create only a limited number of scheduled tasks within an Alibaba Cloud account in a region. To view the quota of scheduled tasks that you can create in a region, go to Quota Center.
Modify or delete a scheduled task
If your scheduled task no longer meets your business requirements, you can modify the parameter settings of the scheduled task. You do not need to create a new scheduled task. If you no longer require your scheduled task, you can delete the scheduled task.
Enable or disable a scheduled task
- You can enable only scheduled tasks that are in the Disabled state.
- You can disable only scheduled tasks that are in the Enabled state.