SOLUTION
The server estate, current and accounted for.
Server lifecycle and decommissioning across the whole estate, run on clean data with the application context that shows what each change will touch. One program puts Agentic ITOps to work on your server estate.
ServerReady
The resultEvery server, drive, and data-bearing part is accounted for from deployment to disposal.
- 01One inventory of record for servers, racks, chassis, and parts
- 02Lifecycle stage on every server, from deployment to end of support
- 03Application dependencies and owners on every server
- 04Chain of custody for every data-bearing asset through decommissioning and disposal
What it does
Built for server estates too large to track by hand.
Thousands of servers across data centers, racks, and chassis, each with drives and parts that carry data, owners who change, and applications that depend on them. At that scale, spreadsheets and the CMDB alone lose track. ServerReady establishes the platform as the system of record for the server estate: servers, racks, chassis, and components, together with the applications that run on them and the owners accountable for them, with lifecycle stage maintained on every asset.
Changes are sequenced by application dependency, with owners engaged before their systems are touched. Decommissioning carries a documented chain of custody for every data-bearing asset through to disposal, so nothing leaves the estate unaccounted for.
Why it matters
Nothing leaves the estate unaccounted for, and nothing changes without the people who own it.
Every drive accounted for
A chain of custody on every data-bearing asset from removal to disposal, so audits are answered from the record instead of reconstructed.
Changes that land safely
Application dependencies and owners on every server, so a retirement or a move shows what it will touch and the right people are engaged first.
Servers open the door to Agentic ITOps
The inventory of record, the context on every server, and the history of every change are the data agents need to run the estate. Point ReadyAI and your own agents at it from day one.
How it works
From connection to operations.
1
Build the record
Servers, racks, chassis, cabinets, and parts come in from your management systems and the CMDB, reconciled into one inventory of record.
2
Attach the context
Applications, dependencies, owners, usage, and lifecycle stage sit on every server, so a proposed change shows what it would affect.
3
Engage the owners
Ownership and attestation surveys confirm who answers for each application, and owners are engaged before their systems change.
4
Decommission with custody
Retirements run as governed work with a chain of custody for every drive and data-bearing part, from removal to disposal, with every action logged.
5
Operate
The record stays current as the estate changes. Inventory, context, owners, and lifecycle stage feed day-to-day operations, and ReadyAI and your own agents work from them. You are on the path to autonomy, at your own pace.
ReadyAI: Ask, Plan, Act
What you can do with ReadyAI and ServerReady.
Ask about the estate in plain language. ReadyAI analyzes, recommends a plan, and carries out the governed platform actions your team approves, with every action logged.
Ask
Answers, reports, and dashboards on demand, from clean data and application context.
Plan
A strategy you can refine, with every version saved and every dependency shown first.
Act
Governed actions carried out within the write policy your organization sets.
ReadyAI
Ask›Plan›Act
Which applications depend on the servers we plan to retire next quarter?
Know your estateHere are the application dependencies, owners, and usage for every affected server.
Build a migration strategy for our virtualization estate.
Plan the workDone. Waves are grouped by cluster, readiness, and end-of-support pressure, with a narrative you can refine.
Add every VM running this application in the east cluster to wave three.
Act, with your approvalMembership will update by rule. Here is exactly which records change.
✓ Approved by your teamAction logged
Show me every laptop that can't take the next OS version, and why.
Know your estateHere is a readiness view by model, blocker, and location.
Send the ownership survey to everyone who hasn't answered.
Engage stakeholdersReady to send to exactly that group.
✓ Approved by your teamAction logged
Which devices have no owner, and which users have no device?
Keep the data cleanHere are the gaps that would stall a program, before it starts.
Merge the two end-of-support waves and move the database servers last.
Plan the workThe strategy is refined, and a new version is saved alongside the old one.
Which storage alerts need attention this morning?
Know your estateHere are the alerts from your storage and backup platforms, grouped under one severity scale.
Set up the next refresh wave and its communication schedule.
Engage stakeholdersThe wave, its tasks, and its timed reminders are ready to create.
✓ Approved by your teamAction logged
Other solutions
Same platform. Next domain.
Every ReadyWorks solution runs on one platform, with application context, guardrails, and an audit trail in common, so the work you start in one domain carries into the next.
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Make the server estate a system of record.
Every server, drive, and data-bearing part, accounted for from deployment to disposal. The ServerReady brief covers how ReadyWorks tracks server lifecycle, runs decommissioning, and keeps chain of custody for every drive and data-bearing part through disposal. It also shows how application context tells your team what else each decommission would touch before anything is pulled. It’s written to forward to the infrastructure, security, and asset management leads who share the work.
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