Decommissioning a retired municipal VM must be more than powering it off. Which checklist best reflects complete lifecycle teardown?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Turning off the lights is not moving out—you still have to cancel the mail, return the keys, and clear the lockers. Decommissioning covers DNS, backups, secrets, and disks too.
Full Explanation
Complete decommissioning removes residual attack surface and cost: DNS entries, backup retention per policy, credentials/secrets, and disk disposal or cryptographic wipe, not merely stopping the instance. Leaving those artifacts maintains orphaned access paths and spend. Publishing secrets is never part of teardown.