My bad. non-hardware probes are called "software probes" non-hardware anchors are called "virtual anchors" I mixed that up. I meant software probes. BR, Simon On 06.11.23 21:16, Ernst J. Oud wrote:

Define “virtual probe” please? Do you mean a SW probe? To me a SW probe is as real as a HW probe.

Or do you mean an abandoned probe?

Regards,

Ernst J. Oud

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On 6 Nov 2023, at 20:53, Simon Brandt via ripe-atlas<ripe-atlas@ripe.net> wrote:

 Hello folks, dear Atlas team,

I would like to discuss the case, where a virtual probe is decommissioned because the place where you ran it will no longer be available. For example, a VPS which you have rented somewhere, but you've decided to cancel that service.

Does it make sense to create and keep a backup of the virtual probe, so that you can re-deploy it later (with another AS)? Or is it better to delete the virtual probe and create a new one?

Also: is there an official way to decommission a virtual probe permanently?

I felt like this could be interesting for other people too, so i decided to discuss this question publicly.

BR, Simon

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