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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hetzner Network Alerts</title><link>http://supportcentre.hetzner.co.za/rssfeed/network_notices.xml</link><description>Updates regarding Hetzner's network</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:12 +0200</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:12 +0200</lastBuildDate><docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification</docs><link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://supportcentre.hetzner.co.za/rssfeed/network_notices.xml" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade  (2012-02-05, ATTENDING)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2325</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-05 20:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-05 21:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">attending</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">www19.flk1.host-h.net, www45.jnb2.host-h.net, www94.jnb2.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers hosted on the following servers : 
www19.flk1.host-h.net(188.40.0.102), www45.jnb2.host-h.net(41.203.18.45), www94.jnb2.host-h.net(41.203.18.243) will not be able to access websites and email during the maintenance window.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Debian Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">20 - 60 minutes per server</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the latest stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2325</guid></item><item><title>Delay in ticket response times (2012-02-03, ATTENDING)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2321</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-03 17:00:00<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">attending</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Delay in ticket response times</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Contact Centre</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Ticket responses from the Hetzner Contact Centre will be delayed as a result of high ticket volumes.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">High ticket volumes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">For urgent matters, please contact our Support Department telephonically.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2321</guid></item><item><title>Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Managed Dedicated Servers (2012-02-04, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2303</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-04 02:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-04 07:00:00 SAST </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Managed Dedicated Servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">All Hetzner managed dedicated servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers hosted on Hetzner managed dedicated servers will not be able to access websites and email during the maintenance window. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Debian Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">20 - 60 minutes per server</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the latest stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2303</guid></item><item><title>Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - German Data Centre (2012-02-04, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2305</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-04 02:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-04 07:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - German Data Centre</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">All Web Hosting Servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers hosted on Web Hosting Servers in Germany will not be able to access websites and email during the maintenance window. 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Debian Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">20 - 60 minutes per server</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the latest stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2305</guid></item><item><title>Outgoing Mail : www83.cpt1.host-h.net (2012-01-27, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2301</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-01-27 09:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-02 21:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Outgoing Mail : www83.cpt1.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">196.7.147.60</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers with email hosted on the shared web hosting server: www83.cpt1.host-h.net (196.7.147.60) may experience difficulty sending email.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Blacklisted IP at spam authority</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">TBA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">The shared hosting server is listed with a blacklist authority. A temporary workaround is to use your ISP's outgoing mail server. Click <a href="http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/articles/content/category/basics_of_email_services/which-alternative-smtp-email-sending-servers-can-i-use" title="here">here </a> for a list of alternative SMTP servers.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2301</guid></item><item><title>Unreachable Servers: www21.jnb1.host-h.net (2012-02-03, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2323</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-03 08:40 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-03 08:55 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Unreachable Servers: www21.jnb1.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">196.22.132.21</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers will not be able to access websites and email hosted on www21.jnb1.host-h.net (196.22.132.21) during the investigation window.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Server became unresponsive</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">15mins</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2323</guid></item><item><title>Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Johannesburg Data Centre  (2012-02-03, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2307</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-03 04:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-03 07:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Johannesburg Data Centre </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">All Web Hosting Servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers hosted on Web Hosting servers in Johannesburg will not be able to access websites and email during the maintenance window. 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Debian Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">20-60 minutes per server</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the latest stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2307</guid></item><item><title>Emergency Maintenance: www35.cpt2.host-h.net (2012-02-02, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2319</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-02 17:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-02 17:15:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Emergency Maintenance: www35.cpt2.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">41.204.202.35</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers will not be able to access websites and email hosted on www35.cpt2.host-h.net (41.204.202.35) during the maintenance window.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Hard Drive upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">15 minutes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2319</guid></item><item><title>Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Cape Town Data Centre  (2012-02-01, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2309</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-01 20:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-01 23:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: Debian Upgrade - Cape Town Data Centre </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">All shared servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers hosted on shared servers in Cape Town will not be able to access websites and email during the maintenance window. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Debian Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">40 minutes per server</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the most stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2309</guid></item><item><title>Latency: Johannesburg Data Centre (2012-02-01, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2317</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-01 11:40:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-02-01 13:20:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Latency: Johannesburg Data Centre</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">JNB1 and JNB2</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers may experience slow response times when accessing hosting services hosted in our Johannesburg data centres.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Latency on MTN Router</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">1hour and 40minutes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">MTN Business Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2317</guid></item><item><title>Planned Maintenance: PHP 5.2.6 discontinuation (2012-01-31, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2311</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-01-31 14:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-01-31 15:00:00 SAST</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Planned Maintenance: PHP 5.2.6 discontinuation</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">All Hetzner managed servers </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">All customers currently on PHP 5.2.6 will be automatically upgraded to PHP 5.3.3 and will be unable to revert back to PHP 5.2.6. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">PHP Upgrade</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">N/A</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner is in the process of migrating its hosting platform to Debian Squeeze, the most stable version of Debian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2311</guid></item><item><title>Unreachable Servers (2012-01-31, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2315</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-01-31 14:50<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2012-01-31 15:20</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Status</strong></td><td valign="top">resolved</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Type</strong></td><td valign="top">Unreachable Servers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Cape Town Datacentre 2</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers will not be able to access websites, databases and email hosted on:
www3.cpt2.host-h.net
sql10.cpt2.host-h.net
www5.cpt2.host-h.net
www42.cpt2.host-h.net
www34.cpt2.host-h.net
www41.cpt2.host-h.net

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Faulty power duct</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">30mins</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">A power duct failed in CPT2 causing the servers mentioned above to lose power.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/2315</guid></item></channel></rss>

