A CMDB Configuration Manager intends to implement CMDB Data Manager delete and archive policies for...

Delete and archive policies are designed for end-of-life CMDB lifecycle governance. They should apply to records that are no longer active operational CIs and have reached an appropriate retired state. End of Life - Retired is the correct lifecycle state because it indicates that the CI has completed its useful operational lifecycle and can be governed through archival or deletion according to retention rules. Applying delete or archive policies to Inventory - Available records would be dangerous because those CIs may still be valid and usable. “In any lifecycle state” is wrong because unrestricted archival or deletion can remove active, dependent, or operationally important records. “Missing - Stolen” is more aligned with asset disposition and exception handling, not the standard CMDB Data Manager delete/archive target state. Therefore, these policies should affect servers in End of Life - Retired.

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