<p>This article describes how to set time segment.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Overview</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Time segment is the time period during which maintenance operation is conducted by Ping An Cloud backend. The default time segment of the system is 02:00 - 06:00. You can manually adjust it to meet business demand.</li> <li>The <strong>time segment</strong> and <strong>backup startup period</strong> cannot be overlapped. For more information about backup startup period, see <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Backup_and_Restore.Automated_Backup" target="_blank">Automatic Backup</a>.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Prerequisites</strong></span></p> <p>You have successfully created a general instance. For more information, see <a href="http://pinganyun.com/ssr/help/database/RDS/User_Guide_RDS_MySQL.Instance_Management.Create_Instance.Create_Common_Instance" target="_blank">Create a General Instance</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Usage Guidelines</strong></span></p> <ol> <li>During the time segment, the connection between your applications and database may be interrupted.</li> <li>During the time segment, <strong>modifying the time segment</strong> is not allowed.</li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Procedures</strong></span></p> <p>1.&nbsp; Log in to the <a href="http://pinganyun.com/console/rds/overview" target="_blank">RDS Console</a>.</p> <p>2.&nbsp; In the left navigation pane, click <strong>RDS-MySQL</strong> to enter the <strong>DBPaaS for RDS-MySQL</strong> page.</p> <p>3.&nbsp; Select the target region.</p> <p>4.&nbsp; Click <strong>Manage</strong> in the <strong>operation</strong> column of the target instance and select <strong>Information</strong> tab.</p> <p>5.&nbsp; On the section of <strong>Time Segment</strong>, you can select the target time segment in the drop-down list of <strong>Time Segment</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200207171039-1d23c39d90f7.png" style="height:127px; width:417px" /></p> <p>6.&nbsp; Click <strong>SETTINGS</strong> and enter the dialog box of <strong>Time Segment</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200207171048-18e75e9d9a53.png" style="height:156px; width:340px" /></p> <p>7.&nbsp; Click <strong>Confirm</strong>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Result</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Method 1:</strong></p> <p>You will see an <strong>Operation succeeded</strong> message at the bottom of the page after the time segment is successfully set.</p> <p><strong>Method 2:</strong></p> <p>On the section of <strong>Time Segment</strong> of <strong>Information</strong> tab, you can view the changed target time segment.</p>