Topic: decommissioning

• Decommissioning a server safely: removing it from every system that still trusts it

  Decommissioning is not just powering a machine off: DNS, monitoring, backup jobs, the inventory record, and any directory computer object all keep trusting or expecting a server unless someone explicitly removes it, and the storage itself needs a sanitization method that actually matches the media type before reuse or disposal.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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