Stop billing for Cloud Backup - Cloud Backup - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

After you activate Cloud Backup, the service cannot be deactivated. If you no longer want to use Cloud Backup, follow the steps in this topic to stop billing for each data source. This ensures that billing stops on the day of the operation to prevent additional charges. After you delete the backup vault, you will no longer be billed for the Cloud Backup service starting from the next day.

Stop backup billing

ECS backup

ECS File Backup Essential Edition

Warning

If you cancel the backup of an ECS instance, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > ECS File Backup Essential Edition.
At the top of the page, select the region where the instance is located. Then, in the Actions column for the instance, click Cancel Backup.
In the dialog box, click OK.
Cloud Backup deletes all backup points of the instance and stops billing for the ECS instance. This also stops billing for the storage capacity of the disks attached to the ECS instance.

ECS Backup Essential Edition

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > ECS Backup Essential Edition.
At the top of the page, select the region where the instance is located.
Detach the instance.
Warning
After you detach a subscription instance, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. In the Actions column for the target ECS instance, choose ⋮ > Unbind.
2. Read the notes in the dialog box carefully and select the I already understand the impact of the unbinding and have confirmed to unbind the instances. check box.
3. Click OK.
  After an instance is detached, it no longer appears on the ECS Backup Essential Edition page.
Unsubscribe from the subscription instance.
1. Click View Subscription Instances.
2. In the View Subscription Instances panel, find the subscription instance attached to the ECS instance, and click Unsubscribe in the Actions column.
3. On the unsubscription management page, follow the wizard to unsubscribe from the resource.

ECS standard backup features

Stop billing for the backup feature that you use as needed.

ECS database backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > Database Backup.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Unregister the database instance.
Warning
After you unregister an instance, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
On the ECS Database Instance tab, find the target instance and choose ⋮ > Unregister Instance in the Actions column. Confirm the unregistration. When you unregister an ECS database instance, the backup client is automatically uninstalled. If the backup client is not automatically uninstalled, log on to the ECS instance to manually uninstall the backup client.

Clean up the configuration files.

MySQL

Linux:

rm -rf /etc/default/dbackup3*
rm -rf /opt/scutech
rm -rf /var/opt/scutech/
rm -rf /var/log/dbackup3/
rm -rf /etc/opt/scutech/

Oracle

Windows:
Delete all configuration files from the c:\programdata\scutech directory.

Linux:

rm -rf /etc/default/dbackup3*
rm -rf /opt/scutech
rm -rf /var/opt/scutech/
rm -rf /var/log/dbackup3/
rm -rf /etc/opt/scutech/

SQL Server

Windows:

Delete all configuration files from the c:\programdata\scutech directory.

Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

ECS file backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > ECS File Backup.
Delete backup points.
On the Backup Plans tab, find the target backup plan and click the icon to its left. In the Backup History section, delete the backup points and confirm the deletion.
(Optional) If the backup policy is associated with resources in batches by tag, you must detach the resource tags to disassociate the ECS files from the backup policy.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Uninstall the backup client.
Warning
After you delete the backup client, its configuration information is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
Click Backup > ECS File Backup and select a region. Find the target instance. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Uninstall Client. In the dialog box, click OK. After a few minutes, the client status changes to Uninstalled.
Delete backups.
On the ECS Instances tab, find the target instance. In the Actions column, click ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm the deletion to remove the backup data from the backup client.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

ECS instance backup

Important

If you stop billing for ECS instance backup, you are not charged for Cloud Backup. However, you are still charged for snapshots until all backup points expire or are manually deleted.

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > ECS Instance Backup.
(Optional) If the backup policy is associated with resources in batches by tag, you must detach the resource tags to disassociate the ECS instance from the backup policy.
On the Backed-up ECS Instances tab, find the target ECS instance. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan and confirm the deletion.
On the Backed-up ECS Instances tab, find the target ECS instance. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Backup Point, select all backup points, and then confirm the deletion.
On the Backed-up ECS Instances tab, find the target ECS instance and choose ⋮ > Remove ECS in the Actions column. Confirm that you want to remove the ECS instance from the list.

Disk backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > Disk Backup.
Delete backup points.
Click the Protected Disks tab, find the target disk, and click the icon to its left. In the Backup History section, delete the backup points and then confirm the deletion.
Cancel the backup.
On the Protected Disks tab, find the target disk and click Cancel Backup in the Actions column. Follow the prompts to confirm the cancellation.

SAP HANA backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > SAP HANA Backup.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Delete the instance.
Click the SAP HANA Instances tab. Find the target instance and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the deletion.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

OSS backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > OSS Backup.
(Optional) If the backup policy is associated with resources in a batch using a tag, you need to detach the resource tags to disassociate the OSS resource from the backup policy.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

NAS backup

Alibaba Cloud NAS

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > NAS Backup.
At the top of the page, click Alibaba Cloud NAS.
(Optional) If the backup policy is associated with resources by tag, you need to detach the resource tags to disassociate Alibaba Cloud NAS from the backup policy.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Remove the backup mount target.
On the Backup Plans tab, click Manage Mounts. On the Manage Mounts page, find the target file system and click Remove Mount Target in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, click OK to remove the mount target.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

On-premises NAS

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > NAS Backup.
At the top of the page, click Local NAS.
Delete backup points.
On the NAS Instance tab, click the icon to the left of the target NAS instance. Delete the backup points in the Backup History section. Then, confirm the deletion.
Delete the backup plan.
On the NAS Instance tab, find the target NAS instance and click the icon to its left. In the Backup Plan Details section, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan from the Actions column. Then, confirm the deletion.
Delete the client group.
On the NAS Instance tab, click View Client Groups.
On the View Client Groups page, find the client group for the target data source and click Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, click OK to delete the group.
Uninstall the Cloud Backup client.
Delete backups.
In the navigation pane on the left, click On-Premises File Backup and then click New Version. On the Clients tab, find the uninstalled client and choose ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm that you want to delete the backup data for the client.
Delete the NAS instance.
On the NAS Instance tab, find the target NAS instance and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. Then, confirm the deletion.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

Tablestore backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > Tablestore Backup.
(Optional) If a backup policy is associated with resources by tag, you need to detach the resource tags to disassociate Tablestore from the backup policy.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

CPFS backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > CPFS Backup.
Delete the backup plan.
Click the icon to the left of the target data source. On the Backup Plan Details tab, find the target backup plan and choose ⋮ > Delete Plan in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the deletion.
Delete the client group.
On the Data Source List tab, click View Client Groups.
On the View Client Groups page, find the client group for the target data source and click Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, click OK to delete the group.
Uninstall the Cloud Backup client.
Delete backups.
In the navigation pane on the left, click On-Premises File Backup and then click New Version. On the Clients tab, find the uninstalled client and choose ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm that you want to delete the backup data for the client.
Delete the data source.
On the Data Source List tab, find the target data source and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the deletion.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

On-premises database backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > Database Backup.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Unregister the database instance.
Warning
After you unregister an instance, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently released and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
On the Local Database Instance tab, find the target instance and choose ⋮ > Unregister Instance in the Actions column. Confirm the unregistration.
Log on to the on-premises server and uninstall the backup client.
MySQL
Linux:
- CentOS
```
sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-agent-mysql"
sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-agent"
sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-common"
```
- Ubuntu
```
sudo dpkg -r "dbackup3-agent-mysql" "dbackup3-agent" "dbackup3-common"
```
Oracle
- Windows:
  1. Navigate to the backup client installation directory in PowerShell. For example, C:\Program Files\aliyun\unibackup.
  2. Run the command.
    .\uninstall-unibackup.exe /S /NCRC
- Linux:
  - CentOS
    sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-agent-oracle" sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-agent" sudo rpm --erase "dbackup3-common"
  - Ubuntu
    sudo dpkg -r "dbackup3-agent-oracle" "dbackup3-agent" "dbackup3-common"
SQL Server
Windows:
1. Navigate to the backup client installation directory in PowerShell. For example, C:\Program Files\aliyun\unibackup.
2. Run the uninstall-unibackup.exe command and follow the wizard to complete the uninstallation.

Clean up the configuration files.

MySQL

Linux:

rm -rf /etc/default/dbackup3*
rm -rf /opt/scutech
rm -rf /var/opt/scutech/
rm -rf /var/log/dbackup3/
rm -rf /etc/opt/scutech/

Oracle

Windows:
Delete all configuration files from the c:\programdata\scutech directory.

Linux:

rm -rf /etc/default/dbackup3*
rm -rf /opt/scutech
rm -rf /var/opt/scutech/
rm -rf /var/log/dbackup3/
rm -rf /etc/opt/scutech/

SQL Server

Windows:

Delete all configuration files from the c:\programdata\scutech directory.

Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

On-premises file backup

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > On-premises File Backup.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Uninstall the Cloud Backup client.
Delete backups.
In the navigation pane on the left, click On-Premises File Backup and then click New Version. On the Clients tab, find the uninstalled client and choose ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm that you want to delete the backup data for the client.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

VMware backup and disaster recovery

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Backup > VMware Backup & Disaster Recovery.
Delete a backup plan.
Click the Backup Plan tab. Find the backup plan that you want to delete. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete Plan. Confirm the delete operation.
Delete the vCenter server.
Click the Managed vCenter Servers tab. Find the target vCenter server and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. Confirm the deletion.
Delete the disaster recovery gateway.
On the Backup & Disaster Recovery Gateway tab, find the target disaster recovery gateway and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. Confirm the deletion.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

Container backup

Log on to the Cloud Backup console.
Delete a backup vault.
Warning
After a backup vault is deleted, all its backup data and configuration information are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution to prevent data loss.
1. Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the backup vault that you want to delete, and in the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Delete.
2. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK to delete the vault.
  Important
  If the backup vault cannot be deleted, the backup lock feature may be enabled for the vault. The vault and all its backup data cannot be deleted before they expire. Wait for the backup data to expire, and then delete the backup vault.

Stop archive billing

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, click Archive.
Delete the archive plan.
On the Archive Plan tab, find the target archive plan and choose ⋮ > Delete Plan in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the deletion.
Delete the client group.
On the Analyze and Archive tab, click View Client Groups.
On the View Client Groups page, find the client group for the target data source and click Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, click OK to delete the group.
Uninstall the Cloud Backup client.
Delete backups.
In the navigation pane on the left, click On-Premises File Backup and then click New Version. On the Clients tab, find the uninstalled client and choose ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm that you want to delete the backup data for the client.
Delete the data source.
On the Analyze and Archive tab, find the desired data source and choose ⋮ > Unregister Data Source on the right. When prompted, confirm the deletion.
Delete the archive vault.
Click Storage Vaults and select a region. Find the target archive vault and choose ⋮ > Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, confirm the deletion.

Stop ECS disaster recovery billing

Async disk replication

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Disaster Recovery > ECS Disaster Recovery.
Delete the drill protection group.
1. On the Site Pairs page, click the target site pair.
2. Click the Fault Drill tab. In the Actions column for the target drill protection group, click Delete Fault Drill Group and confirm the deletion. Deleting the failover drill group also deletes resources created during the drill, such as ECS instances, disks, elastic network interfaces (ENIs), snapshots, and images.
Remove the instance from the protection group.
1. On the Protection Group tab, click Manage Protected Instance in the Actions column of the target protection group.
2. In the list of protected instances, click Remove Protected Instance in the Actions column for the target instance. Confirm the removal.
Delete the protection group.
On the Protection Group tab, click the icon in the Actions column of the target protection group, and select Manage Protection Group > Delete. In the message that appears, click OK.
Delete the vSwitch mapping and security group mapping.
On the Network & Security tab, delete the vSwitch mapping and security group mapping. Confirm each deletion.
Delete the site pair.
In the list of site pairs, click Delete in the Actions column of the target site pair, and then confirm the deletion.

Continuous replication

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Disaster Recovery > ECS Disaster Recovery.
On the Overview page, click the drop-down list in the upper-right corner and select the target site pair.
Click the Protected Servers tab and select the protected servers that you want to remove. If the Server Status is Enabling Replication, Replicating Full Data, Replicating In Real Time, or Replication Enablement Error, click Stop Replication.
Wait for the replication task to complete, and then click Unregister. When the protected server list is empty, the protected servers have been successfully removed.

Stop data synchronization billing

In the navigation pane on the left of the Cloud Backup console, choose Synchronization > Data Synchronization.
Delete the synchronization plan.
Click the Sync Plan tab. Find the target plan and choose ⋮ > Delete Plan from the Actions column. When prompted, confirm the deletion.
Delete the client group.
On the Data Source List tab, click View Client Groups.
On the View Client Groups page, find the target client group and click Delete in the Actions column. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.
Uninstall the Cloud Backup client.
Delete backups.
In the navigation pane on the left, click On-Premises File Backup and then click New Version. On the Clients tab, find the uninstalled client and choose ⋮ > Delete Backup. Confirm that you want to delete the backup data for the client.
Delete the data source.
On the Data Source List tab, find the target data source. In the Actions column, choose ⋮ > Unregister Data Source. Confirm the deletion.