A backup schedule cannot be used after it expires or when you have overdue payments. If you want to continue using a backup schedule, you need to manually renew the backup schedule or enable auto-renewal at the earliest opportunity.
Expiration
Expiration occurs if the duration of your Database Backup (DBS) subscription period ends and you have not renewed the subscription.
Overdue payments
Overdue payments occur in the following conditions: You have an insufficient balance in your Alibaba Cloud account when you use the pay-as-you-go billing method or when your backup data exceeds the free quota of the subscription backup schedule that you purchase in DBS.
Impacts of expiration or overdue payments
- The backup schedules are automatically suspended.
- If your services are stopped due to overdue payments, you can add funds to your Alibaba Cloud account within seven days to pay off the overdue bill. DBS automatically resumes your services after you pay off the overdue bill. For more information, see Renew backup schedules. If your bill is overdue for more than seven days, DBS assumes that you have stopped using services. In this case, your data in DBS are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
- Source databases are not affected when backup schedules are released.