Purchasing a reserved node

You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to purchase reserved node offerings, and to view current and past reservations.

AWS Management Console

To purchase a reserved node

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshiftv2/.

2. On the navigation menu, choose Clusters, then choose Reserved nodes to display the list of reserved nodes.

3. Choose Purchase reserved nodes to display the page to choose the properties of the node that you want to purchase.

4. Enter the properties of the node, then choose Purchase reserved nodes.

After you purchase an offering, the Reserved Node list displays your reservations and the details of each one, such as the node type, number of nodes, and status of the reservation. For more information about the reservation details, see How reserved nodes work.

To upgrade a reserved node, use the AWS CLI.

You can't convert all node types to reserved nodes, and it's also possible that an existing reserved node isn't available for renewal. This might be because the node type is discontinued. Contact customer support to renew a discontinued node type.

AWS CLI

To upgrade a reserved node reservation with the AWS CLI

1. Obtain a list of ReservedNodeOfferingID's for offerings that meet your requirements for payment type, term, and charges. The following example illustrates this step.

   
   aws redshift get-reserved-node-exchange-offerings --reserved-node-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
   {
       "ReservedNodeOfferings": [
           {
               "Duration": 31536000,
               "ReservedNodeOfferingId": "yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy",
               "UsagePrice": 0.0,
               "NodeType": "dc2.large",
               "RecurringCharges": [
                   {
                       "RecurringChargeFrequency": "Hourly",
                       "RecurringChargeAmount": 0.2
                   }
               ],
               "CurrencyCode": "USD",
               "OfferingType": "No Upfront",
               "ReservedNodeOfferingType": "Regular",
               "FixedPrice": 0.0
           }
       ]
   }
   

2. Call accept-reserved-node-exchange and provide the ID for the DC1 reserved node that you want to exchange along with the ReservedNodeOfferingID you obtained in the previous step.

   The following example illustrates this step.

   
   aws redshift accept-reserved-node-exchange --reserved-node-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx --target-reserved-node-offering-id yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyyy
   {
       "ExchangedReservedNode": {
           "UsagePrice": 0.0,
           "OfferingType": "No Upfront",
           "State": "exchanging",
           "FixedPrice": 0.0,
           "CurrencyCode": "USD",
           "ReservedNodeId": "zzzzzzzz-zzzz-zzzz-zzzz-zzzzzzzzzzzz",
           "NodeType": "dc2.large",
           "NodeCount": 1,
           "RecurringCharges": [
               {
                   "RecurringChargeFrequency": "Hourly",
                   "RecurringChargeAmount": 0.2
               }
           ],
           "ReservedNodeOfferingType": "Regular",
           "StartTime": "2018-06-27T18:02:58Z",
           "ReservedNodeOfferingId": "yyyyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyyy",
           "Duration": 31536000
       }
   }               
               

You can confirm that the exchange is complete by calling describe-reserved-nodes and checking the value for Node type.