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Application Administrators Handbook
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Application Administrators Handbook

by Kelly C Bourne
September 2013
Intermediate to advanced
626 pages
22h 15m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 31

The End of Days—Decommissioning an Application

Abstract

Applications are eventually decommissioned. When this is about to occur for an application you support, there are steps that need to be taken. Performing these steps in the correct sequence is critical.

Key Words

decommission; retire; sunset; data retention; data extraction; RFP; migrating data; archiving data; document; disable jobs; notify affected teams; recommission the application

All good things come to an end and the life of an application is one of them. At some point, the decision may be made to shut down the application. This is referred to as decommissioning the application. Other phrases describing this are to “retire the application” or to “sunset the application.” ...

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ISBN: 9780123985453