Tag: outage

  • MTN Business Data lines crash – down again

    Last time, generator maintenance in Johannesburg took everything offline.

    There was just notification with the subject line “unknown” (referring to the categorisation of the issue) at 14h22:

    SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED: Intermittent Degradation in Service
    SEVERITY: Critical (more…)
  • co.za and whois.co.za updates on server recovery

    They’ve been working hard! Well done!! 🙂

    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 – transactions being processed in real time


    Currently processing queued applications


    Final data sync, Final testing ETA afternoon of 8th


    New machine commissioned, OS Installed Restoring historic data

    Payment Processing processing backlog 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

  • 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