Update on .co.za and whois.co.za outages

There’s an update on www.coza.net.za on the system outages they’ve experienced:

CO.ZA Service Outage Status
07 Apr 2010
Original announcement here

Current Status of co.za services.

Function Status Comments
CAPTCHA whois Not affected http://captcha.coza.net.za
Port 43 whois Not affected whois://whois.coza.net.za
Primary Database Not affected
Name Servers Not affected CO.ZA zone integrity unaffected
Incoming and Outgoing email Not affected Applications queuing on incoming mail server
RT Ticket system Not affected
Network Partially affected – Fixed Redundant link restored
Main web site Affected – Fixed http://www.coza.net.za
Web whois Affected – Fixed http://www.coza.net.za/whois.shtml
Registration Engine (Updates, New, Deletions) Proceeeding Normally Backlog processed


Currently processing queued applications


Final data sync, Final testing ETA afternoon of 8th


New machine commissioned, OS Installed Restoring historic data

Payment Processing In progress Commencing on the 9th – ETA of backlog completion 11th


Processing of Suspension/Deletions suspended until complete

Online VISA/Mastercard payments In progress ETA 9th


Processing of Suspension/Deletions suspended until complete