Hi Stephen,

On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Blum <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Takashi,
>
> Thank you for the update.  How do we properly apply for errors in billing?
>  Not allowing us Billing Credit for a Migration Path that is *Required* does
> not makes sense!  *:-)*  There must be a way to correct this error.
>  Basically GAE Dashboard is currently:
>
>    1. Offering a Migration Button that will instantly charge $2,000.00
>    (why why why?) and
>
> Can you tell me which button you're talking about?

>
>    1. Warning loudly in a big yellow *warning* banner that told us to
>    Migrate Now! and it *would actually be free*.
>
> As long as you use our migration tool, the migration process itself should
be free.


> It is my understanding that we are suposed to migrate.  Yet it isn't
> free...?  No worries!  We won't migrate then.  * :-) * That solves that
> part... now How may we make it so we are not charged for this FAKE OUT
> migration process?  Please Help!
>
> On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:28:01 PM UTC-8, Takashi Matsuo (Google)
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> Unfortunately, you did it wrong. Please refer to the 
>> doc<https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/adminconsole/migration?hl=en>and
>>  migrate with our migration tool.
>>
>> Re: refund
>> I don't think we can refund for it, sorry.
>>
>> -- Takashi
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Stephen Blum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Takashi,
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6hxKP1JDfeU/UOUifTEC7KI/AAAAAAAAAYE/KFldMXpMZ1g/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-01-02+at+10.16.01+PM.png>
>>> Thank you again for the fast response and direct details.  You are being
>>> very helpful.  There are Datastore buttons and controls which we are using
>>> in the *GAE Dashboard* under *Datastore Admin* section.  Are we to
>>> understand that those are not honored with the Migration Path?  If this is
>>> the case it was a massive mistake that we made: May ask for a refund?  We
>>> are using these buttons (as shown in the screenshot).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:05:38 PM UTC-8, Takashi Matsuo (Google)
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Stephen Blum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Takashi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the details!  We are in the process of migrating now,
>>>>> and I expect that is cause.  However it was my understanding that the
>>>>> migration was a free process as per the docs.  Why is it incurring such a
>>>>> high charge?  Those tasks queues are old and from long ago that has not
>>>>> changed for about a year.  However now that we are starting the migration
>>>>> the billing has overblown!  It's almost at *$2,000.00* for just a few
>>>>> hours.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, our migration 
>>>> tool<https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/adminconsole/migration?hl=en>doesn't
>>>>  cost you for the migration process itself. If you're using our
>>>> migration tool, I believe that the high usage of the datastore is caused by
>>>> other reasons(it is very likely the infinite retry loop I mentioned 
>>>> before).
>>>>
>>>> Can you tell me how you're migrating your app? If you're using any
>>>> other tools for the migration, it will very likely cost you for the
>>>> migration process itself.
>>>>
>>>> -- Takashi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 9:37:16 PM UTC-8, Takashi Matsuo
>>>>> (Google) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of your tasks in the 'default' task queue are retrying more than
>>>>>> 17 times. I suspect these tasks contribute to the high usage of the
>>>>>> datastore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If that's the case, maybe you can stop your 'default' queue first,
>>>>>> and fix the settings for your 'default' queue to prevent the infinite
>>>>>> loop(see the taskqueue settings 
>>>>>> doc[Python<https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/queue#Configuring_Retry_Attempts_for_Failed_Tasks>
>>>>>> |Java<https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/queue#Configuring_Retry_Attempts_for_Failed_Tasks>]),
>>>>>> and then fix the root cause, and then finally you can restart the default
>>>>>> queue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also noticed that you're using deprecated M/S datastore, which is
>>>>>> very susceptible to just a small failure in a single datacenter. I 
>>>>>> strongly
>>>>>> recommend migrating your app to HRD.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Takashi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Stephen Blum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Takashi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> App ID: See Screenshot Below
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SvGzC9LkOVc/UOURu-OdYqI/AAAAAAAAAXs/qZydTwPBjss/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-01-02+at+9.05.47+PM.png>
>>>>>>> Full Usage Stats: See Screenshot Below
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OjhWSnMFZgo/UOUR3x01BJI/AAAAAAAAAX0/yAaPAEHMGKY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-01-02+at+9.05.10+PM.png>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 8:47:20 PM UTC-8, Takashi Matsuo
>>>>>>> (Google) wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is your app-id? Can you share the error message? I don't think
>>>>>>>> anyone can help you without knowing more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Few things came to mind though:
>>>>>>>> How big is the traffic to your app now? Doesn't your app just have
>>>>>>>> a big spike?
>>>>>>>> If you're running erroneous tasks on the task queue, you can pause
>>>>>>>> the queue from the admin console for a band-aid purpose.
>>>>>>>> If you have some error-handling implementations which can lead to
>>>>>>>> an infinite retry loop(with or without task queue), you need to fix the
>>>>>>>> implementation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- Takashi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Stephen Blum 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Help! We are bing charged *$30/per minute*!  *A major datastore
>>>>>>>>> error. * Help!  Keeps increasing!  Help!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7aDiJuaWEQM/UOUCx3GKmCI/AAAAAAAAAXc/DFYTgLtqSHI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-01-02+at+8.01.41+PM.png>
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