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Changing the service plan of an instance

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When you provision an instance of the {{site.data.keyword.mon_full_notm}} service, you must choose a service plan. Different plans offer different features. You can change the service plan at any time. {: shortdesc}

You can only upgrade from the Lite plan to the Graduated Tier. You cannot downgrade from the Graduated Tier plan to the Lite plan. {: restriction}

Learn more about service plans.

Changing the service plan through the Observability dashboard

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To change the service plan of an instance from the Observability dashboard in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}}, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to your {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} account{: external}.

    After you log in with your user ID and password, the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} UI opens.

  2. Go to the menu icon Menu icon and select Observability to access the Observability dashboard.

  3. Select Monitoring.

  4. Click the Actions icon Three dots icon next to the instance you want to change and click Edit plan.

  5. Select a service plan.

  6. Click Save.

Changing the service plan through the CLI

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Complete the following steps to change the service plan:

  1. [Pre-requisite] Installation of the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} CLI. Learn more.

  2. Log in to the location in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} where the instance is provisioned. Run the following command: ibmcloud login

    To get the latest list of locations that are available for the {{site.data.keyword.mon_full_notm}} service, see Locations.

  3. Set the resource group where the instance is available. Run the following command: ibmcloud target

    By default, the default resource group is set.

  4. [Optional] Get the current service plan ID.

    To get the current service plan of an instance, you can run the following command and check the value of the resource_plan_id field:

    ibmcloud resource service-instance INSTANCE_NAME --output JSON

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  5. Change the service plan. Run the ibmcloud resource service-instance-update command:

    ibmcloud resource service-instance-update NAME --service-plan-id RESOURCE_PLAN_ID

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    Where

    • NAME is the name of the instance

    • service-plan-id indicates the type of plan.

    • RESOURCE_PLAN_ID is the ID of the plan that you want to set. To get the service plan IDs, see Service plans.

For example, to change the service plan of an instance to the graduated plan, run the following command:

ibmcloud resource service-instance-update monitoring-instance-01 231bb072-1b2f-4d7e-ae9e-9574d382be32

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