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Tablestore:UpdateInstanceElasticVCUUpperLimit

Last Updated:Jan 20, 2026

Modifies the upper limit for the VCUs of an instance in VCU mode (formerly reserved mode).

Operation description

  • Before you call this operation, you must understand the billing and pricing of Tablestore. For more information, see Billing overview.

  • After you enable scalability for an instance, the default upper limit for the VCUs of the instance is the sum of the scalability and the reserved VCUs.

  • To use more computing resources when your business grows, you can modify the upper limit for the VCUs of your instance. The new upper limit for the VCUs of your instance immediately takes effect.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ots:UpdateInstanceElasticVCUUpperLimit

update

*Instance

acs:ots:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#InstanceName}

None None

Request syntax

POST /v2/openapi/updateinstanceelasticvcuupperlimit HTTP/1.1

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

body

object

No

The request body.

InstanceName

string

Yes

The name of the instance.

workshop-bj-ots1

ElasticVCUUpperLimit

number

Yes

The upper limit for the VCUs of the instance.

Note

Valid values of the upper limit for the VCUs of an instance: Number of reserved VCUs+0.1 to 2000. You can upgrade or downgrade configurations to modify the number of reserved VCUs by increments or decrements of 1. You can dynamically modify the upper limit for the VCUs of an instance by increments or decrements of 0.1

6

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The returned struct.

requestId

string

The request ID, which can be used to troubleshoot issues.

B37BBA04-D827-55C8-B901-5264B904E8C6

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "requestId": "B37BBA04-D827-55C8-B901-5264B904E8C6"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.