Service retention in a computing environment

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• receiving a deprovision request for deprovisioning a target service instance provisioned in a computing environment;
• in response to the deprovision request, determining a retention policy associated with the target service instance, the retention policy indicating an action to be applied on the target service instance, the action causing a resource usage level of the target service instance to reduce;
• and
• modifying the target service instance based on the retention policy to obtain a retention service instance provisioned in the computing environment for use in restoration of the target service instance.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a deprovision request for deprovisioning a target service instance provisioned in a computing environment;
• in response to the deprovision request, program instructions to determine a retention policy associated with the target service instance, the retention policy indicating an action to be applied on the target service instance, the action causing a resource usage level of the target service instance to reduce;
• and
• program instructions to modify the target service instance based on the retention policy to obtain a retention service instance provisioned in the computing environment for use in restoration of the target service instance.