What Happens to CIs When IT Assets Are Decommissioned? A CMDB Best Practices Guide
TLDR
- Decommissioning a CI changes its lifecycle status to retired without removing the record or its history
- Deleting a CI
How to Track, Report, and Audit Decommissioned IT Assets in Your CMDB
TLDR
- Ghost assets, devices, and software no longer in service but still in asset records, inflate licensing counts, distort audits,
