Decommission the server - shutdown and suspend backup

Decommission the server

1. Shutdown the server.
a. wait for confirmation from your retirement team.
b. Make sure your console is working if its physical, in case you have to bring it back.
c. If its solaris, bring the server to OK prompt. Shutdown the Linux server.
d. Based on your server environment, wait 2 weeks to 1 month to 2/3 months.

2. Suspend backup.
i. Retirement team or you may have to inform backup team to suspend the backup.
ii. if you manage backup/restore job (some place you do) then you stop the job.
ii. Here is the step to suspend backup job on DS User backup client
    a. Find the gateway server for the server
-> grep -r "your_retiring_server" gateways.records
 gateway105: Unix-Server\192.168.10.120
    b. Once you know the gateway and the ip address for the backup for that host, login to your DS User client.
    c. Login to the gateway and suspend backup

$ nslookup  nslookup your_retiring_server
Verify the ip address

A. Suspend backup
-> login to gateway and find the host and click + to expand. You will see list of backup sets.
    - Right click on backup sets and click on suspend
    - Again right click on backup set and click on properties and rename the backup set. append ( Decomm YYYY-MM-DD ) to keep track of the retired date in case you needed and click ok.

B. Delete backup set

- Click on backup set to highlight 

- Click on sets on the top menu 

- Click on delete and click on remove backup set

- Click ok and Y to confirm.