Decommissioning a server is a special case of workload balancing in which everything outside the default pin list is moved from the server. The databases that remain, which may still account for significant activity, are either system databases or databases that are typically installed on every server, such as templates or help files. In most cases the latter group will be the same on every server, with the possible exception of unread marks.

About this task

Use these guidelines to decommission a server:

Procedure

1. Edit the server properties and do the following:

• Set the server as "source only" to prevent Activity Trends from moving any databases to it.
• Set the server capacity to 0% for the unit you are using as the primary balancing goal.

Related tasks
Editing server properties for resource balancing
Specifying databases that can move during resource balancing
Analyzing resource-balancing distributions
Creating a proposal for balanced resources

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