# Exercise 1-4: Pausing and Resuming a Cluster


## Overview
+ In this exercise, you pause your TiDB Cloud cluster and then resume.


## Notes
+ Pause a TiDB cluster is for `TiDB Dedicated` cluster only.
+ You can pause your cluster only when it is in the `AVAILABLE` state.


## Duration
+ This exercise should take you approximately 15 minutes to complete.


## Tasks
1. Click drop-down menu in the upper-right corner, and then click `Pause`.
2. In the `Pause your cluster` window, click `Pause`.
3. The cluster state changes from `AVAILABLE` to `PAUSED`.
4. Click drop-down menu in the upper-right corner, and then click `Resume`.
5. In the `Resume your cluster` window, click `Resume`.
6. Wait for your TiDB Cloud cluster to be resumed.




## Solution Steps
1. Click drop-down menu in the upper-right corner, and then click `Pause`.
<img src="./diagram/PauseCluster01_aa_002_20230110.png" width="50%" align="top"/>



2. In the `Pause your cluster` window, you can view the changes in cost and cluster functionality when a cluster is paused, and then click `Pause`.
<img src="./diagram/PauseCluster02_aa_002_20230110.png" width="50%" align="top"/>



3. The cluster state changes from `AVAILABLE` to `PAUSED`.
<img src="./diagram/PauseCluster03_aa_002_20230110.png" width="50%" align="top"/>



4. Click drop-down menu in the upper-right corner, and then click `Resume`.
<img src="./diagram/ResumeCluster01_aa_002_20230110.png" width="50%" align="top"/>



5. In the `Resume your cluster` window, click `Resume`.
<img src="./diagram/ResumeCluster02_aa_002_20230110.png" width="50%" align="top"/>



6. Wait for your TiDB Cloud cluster to be resumed.