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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>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:15:16 +0200</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:15:16 +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>Hardware Maintenance: sql6.jnb2.host-h.net (2010-09-01, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1219</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-09-01 22:20:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-09-01 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">Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Johannesburg - sql6.jnb2.host-h.net - 41.203.18.159</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers will be unable to access services on the shared database server: sql6.jnb2.host-h.net(41.203.18.159).</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">40 mins</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/1219</guid></item><item><title>International Connectivity: Truserv range in JNB2 (2010-09-01, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1217</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-09-01 14:03:46 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-09-01 17:20:00 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">International Connectivity: Truserv range in JNB2</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Truserv IP Range: 41.72.128.0/19</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Truserv customers hosted on the following IP range: 41.72.128.0/19 (from 41.72.128.1 to 41.72.159.254) may experience difficulty making and receiving international connections.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Still under investigation</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">3h 15mins</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers together with MTN Business Engineers are investigating the problem.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Attending</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers & MTN Business Engineers</td></tr>]]></description><guid>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1217</guid></item><item><title>Emergency Hardware Maintenance: www34.cpt2.host-h.net (2010-08-31, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1215</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-31 22:10:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-09-01 01:35:00 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 Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Cape Town - www34.cpt2.host-h.net - 41.204.202.34</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Clients will be unable to access hosting services on the server, while the hardware maintenance is being performed.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">3 hours 25 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/1215</guid></item><item><title>FTP Backup JNB2: Creation of new FTP backup accounts (2010-08-24, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1207</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-24 16:34:07 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-31 16:34:07 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">FTP Backup JNB2: Creation of new FTP backup accounts</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Johannesburg Data Centre 2 Truserv Range</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Truserv customers will not be able to create new FTP backup accounts within the maintenance window.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Infrastructure upgrades</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">7 days</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers are performing changes to the FTP Backup infrastructure; customers with existing FTP Backup accounts will not be affected. Truserv customers who want to create a new FTP Backup account will be unable to do so within the maintenance window.</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/1207</guid></item><item><title>Emergency Hardware Maintenance: www34.cpt2.host-h.net (2010-08-31, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1213</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-31 17:05:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-31 18:00:00 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">Emergency Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Cape Town - www34.cpt2.host-h.net - 41.204.202.34</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Clients will be unable to access hosting services on the server, while the hardware maintenance is being performed.<p>

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The server is back up and functioning, but clients may experience slow response on mail and websites as RAID is being rebuilt.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Hardware Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">1 hour</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/1213</guid></item><item><title>MTN Business: International Degradation and Peering Issues (2010-08-30, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1211</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-30 14:15:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-30 16:30:00 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">MTN Business: International Degradation and Peering Issues</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">International and local peering</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">International and local customers including those making use of Telkom, MTN and Vodacom 3G will experience difficulty connecting to Hetzner hosting services (including konsoleH and webmail).</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">MTN Business peering issues</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">2 hours and 15 minutes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">MTN have reported that the network issues to local and international sites has been 
resolved. They are monitoring the traffic for any further issues. Customers may experience packet loss while the backlog of traffic clears.
</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/1211</guid></item><item><title>Webmail: IMAP Service Restart (2010-08-26, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1209</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-26 07:00:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-26 08:00:00 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">Webmail: IMAP Service Restart</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Webmail & IMAP in all locations</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Customers making use of webmail or IMAP within the maintenance window may experience 1 to 2 minutes of interruption in these services within the maintenance window.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">IMAP service restart</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">1 to 2 minutes per host</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">Hetzner Engineers will be performing maintenance on IMAP services which necessitates a service restart.</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/1209</guid></item><item><title>Shared Database Server Connectivity Issues:  sql4a.your-server.co.za (2010-08-23, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1205</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-23 14:30 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-23 15:20 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">Shared Database Server Connectivity Issues:  sql4a.your-server.co.za</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Cape Town</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Temporary loss of connectivity to the below shared database server:
sql4a.your-server.co.za (196.7.147.224)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">TBA</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">Hetzner Engineers are investigating.</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/1205</guid></item><item><title>MTN Business Planned Power Maintenance JNB2: Installation of 3rd UPS (2010-08-21, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1195</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-21 00:15:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-21 02:30:00 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">MTN Business Planned Power Maintenance JNB2: Installation of 3rd UPS</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Johannesburg Data Centre 2</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">No downtime is expected during the maintenance window. As the UPS infrastructure will be offline for the duration of the maintenance window, if there is a break in utility power transmission, this will result in loss of power.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Power Maintenance</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Estimated time of repair</strong></td><td valign="top">2 hour 15 minutes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Additional information</strong></td><td valign="top">MTN Business will be installing a 3rd UPS in the Gallo Manor Data Centre (JNB2). The installation requires the UPS infrastructure to be offline for the duration of the maintenance window. As a result there will be no standby power available during the maintenance window. Although no interruption to power is expected, any power outage that may occur will cause a disruption to services until the generator has been powered up and services have been restored. 

Truserv customers who wish to shut down their servers as a precaution should do so by Friday night, 23:50. Please confirm via email to support@hetzner.co.za if you need your servers to be rebooted after the maintenance has been completed.</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/1195</guid></item><item><title>Emergency Maintenance: www115.nur4.host-h.net (2010-08-20, RESOLVED)</title><link>http://www.hetzner.co.za/helpcentre/index.php/network-notices/1181</link><description><![CDATA[<table><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Start Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-20 08:44:00 SAST<td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Resolved Date</strong></td><td valign="top">2010-08-20 10:40:00 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: www115.nur4.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Point of impact</strong></td><td valign="top">Germany</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Symptoms experienced</strong></td><td valign="top">Loss of connectivity to websites and email hosted on: www115.nur4.host-h.net</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Cause of problem</strong></td><td valign="top">Hardware failure</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">Customers will be unable to access hosting services on the server, while the hardware maintenance is being performed.</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/1181</guid></item></channel></rss>
