34SP.com System Status History

Xenserve19 & Xenserve17 Memory Upgrades (server19.xenserve.com & server17.xenserve.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 11:57:33(BST): Memory upgrades have been completed on these servers.




Update at 22:32:30(BST): Xenserve19 is now coming back online, and xenserve17 is being shutdown for its memory upgrade.




Update at 22:00:31(BST): Xenserve19 is now shutting down for the memory upgrade.




Update at 21:31:44(BST): Xenserve19 will be going down for its update in 30 minutes.




Reseller customers on servers xenserve19 & xenserve17 are reminded that we have a window of planned emergency maintenance to these servers this evening.

Both servers will be having their RAM (system memory) upgraded from 8GiB to 12GiB, in order to hopefully prevent further outages related to load (specifically, where memory starvation is the culprit.)

At 22:00, xenserve19 will be shutdown for its upgrade.
At 22:30, xenserve17 will be shutdown for its upgrade.

We expect the work to take no longer than 15 minutes, but have accounted for 30 minutes in the case of any unforeseen issues arising.

Relevant updates will be posted to this page, so please check back.

Start Time

13th September 2011, at 8:28PM

Resolution Time

14th September 2011, at 10:57AM

Xenserve7 migration (server7.xenserve.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 17:54:37(BST): This outage is now set to resolved.




Update at 20:22:20(BST): Very few faults were observed from the migration but we will continue to monitor the new server closely.

Customers are advised to check their sites and raise a ticket to support@34sp.com if anything is still amiss.




Update at 13:50:50(BST): Server7 is now back online, work will continue as we test sites and work with customers to rectify any faults from the migration.




Update at 12:22:54(BST): IPs are about to be reconfigured between the servers, all going well services will be back online within an hour.




Update at 11:39:13(BST): WebServices are now going offline for a sync up of web files and mysql databases.




Update at 10:53:38(BST): All mailservices on server7 have now been stopped for a sync up of the email on the server.




The server7.xenserve.com is undergoing migration to new hardware today as per the email sent to all clients.

Try to avoid making any changes on any websites now to minimize loss of data when transferred to the new server.

We will update this post with progress throughout the day

Start Time

13th September 2011, at 8:11AM

Resolution Time

19th September 2011, at 4:54PM

Core Network Upgrades (London) (N/A)

resolved

Description

Update at 13:31:25(BST): The new core switches have been acting as gateways & routing quite flawlessly for several days now.

At this time we will mark this status post as resolved, but any customers with issues they suspect are related to this work are encouraged to contact support via e-mail.




Update at 01:28:16(BST): The routing issue between sites (Manchester and London) was resolved at around midnight. This was not planned and a full investigation into the cause of the outage to those routes will be carried-out in due course to improve resilience and prevent the same fault from occurring in the future.

Further apologies are required for customers sitting behind the access switch that failed to take the changes required for the new core switches.

This was eventually diagnosed as a faulty switch and was swapped for another model. Because of this event, multiple Reseller, Personal & VPS hosting customers will have seen some extended downtime.

All issues do now appear to be resolved. Our monitoring systems are no longer reporting any outages and randomly-tested websites are working.

Now that this upgrade is complete, it is intended that any future upgrades will be much less disruptive, due to the improved network design. More flexibility and better performance are also key benefits to the new hardware.

Any customer still experiencing issues this morning should contact support to raise a ticket regarding this.




Update at 23:50:21(BST): We've noticed some further errors with the routing changes that are now affecting certain routes in/out of our network. We're working on this as a priority as it is affecting some customers in other areas.




Update at 23:44:40(BST): Network upgrades were completed by 23:33, with a small routing oversight that caused further delay until 23:42.

We have one access switch that is resisting re-configuration. We should have this resolved shortly.




Update at 22:46:22(BST): Beginning in approx. 15 minutes.




As a reminder to customers, the planned maintenance window for upgrades to our core network will be beginning at 23:00 (BST) and finishing at most 60 minutes later, 00:00.

Any further updates will be posted to this status page. It is hosted externally and will be unaffected by any outage.

Start Time

8th September 2011, at 9:48PM

Resolution Time

13th September 2011, at 12:31PM

Issue of SSL certificates temporarily suspended

resolved

Description

Update at 12:00:32(BST): The issue has now been resolved with this server.GlobalSign certificates are now being ordered as usual. Thank you for your continues patience during this time.


As per the GlobalSign official statement below:

On Sep 5th 2011 the individual/group previously confirmed to have hacked several Comodo resellers, claimed responsibility for the recent DigiNotar hack. In his message posted on Pastebin, he also referred to having access to 4 further high profile Certificate Authorities, and named GlobalSign as one of the 4.

GlobalSign takes this claim very seriously and is currently investigating. As a responsible CA, we have decided to temporarily cease issuance of all Certificates until the investigation is complete. We will post updates as frequently as possible.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Start Time

7th September 2011, at 9:20AM

Resolution Time

19th September 2011, at 11:00AM

Phone support evening of Sep 6th (Phone support)

resolved

Description

We would like to apologise for the lack of phone support during the evening of September 6th. Phone service will resume again at 8am on September 7th

Start Time

6th September 2011, at 7:21PM

Resolution Time

6th September 2011, at 6:21PM

max.34sp.com unavailable (max.34sp.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 14:48:36(BST): Update at 14:48:10(BST): The issue has now been resolved with this server.




The personal hosting server max.34sp.com is currently unavailable. We are investigating this and will post an update as soon as we have any more information to give.

Start Time

6th September 2011, at 2:33PM

Resolution Time

6th September 2011, at 1:48PM

server6 migration (server6.xenserve.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 10:19:06(BST): The issue has now been resolved with this server.The 4PSA SpamGuardian and CleanServer systems have now been re-added to this server, Please let us know if you find any issues with the migrated domains.




Update at 11:43:32(BST): IPs have now been moved over, we are still doing some minor post migration work, but most sites should be back up and running.

If you are experiencing any issues with your site since the move please do get in contact with us.




Update at 11:09:57(BST): Ip reconfiguration to move the ips to the new server is now in progress, we expect around 30minutes from this point.




Update at 10:38:25(BST): All webservices are now going offline for a sync up of files and databases.




Update at 10:12:56(BST): All mailservice on server6 have now been stopped for a sync up of the email on the server.




The server6.xenserve.com is undergoing migration to new hardware today as per the email sent to all clients.

Try to avoid making any changes on any websites now to minimize loss of data when transferred to the new server.

We will update this post with progress throughout the day

Start Time

6th September 2011, at 8:11AM

Resolution Time

7th September 2011, at 9:19AM

Business5 High Loads (business5.34sp.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 11:56:14(BST): Business5 has been operating happily for over a few hours now, with no further signs of disruption. Load levels appear normal.

If any customer is experiencing any lingering issues, please contact support.




Update at 10:39:10(BST): Business5 is now recovering; all services should be responding, but may be a little slow whilst users refresh their websites & inboxes.

We'll continue to monitor Business5 for a short while.




At present Business5 is experiencing a VERY high level of load across its services, which are being caused by certain malicious activities.

We're working to restore service as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience at this time.

Start Time

1st September 2011, at 10:22AM

Resolution Time

1st September 2011, at 10:56AM

server8 migration (server8.xenserve.com)

resolved

Description

Update at 08:10:51(BST): Update at 19:14:18(BST): This migration was completed several hours ago, please do let us know if there are any issues with your sites from this move.




Update at 13:12:54(BST): All services are now stopped on the server for a final sync of the databases and files before we move the ips across.




Update at 12:32:18(BST):
Mail services have now been taken offline to resync the mail across to the new server.




FTP service has now been disabled on this server for an resync of files.




The server8.xenserve.com is undergoing migration to new hardware today as per the email sent to all clients.

Try to avoid making any changes on any websites now to minimize loss of data when transferred to the new server.

We will update this post with progress throughout the day

Start Time

31st August 2011, at 11:57AM

Resolution Time

6th September 2011, at 7:10AM

SSL issues logging into account.34sp.com

resolved

Description

Update at 10:24:11(BST): The issue affecting Globalsign and 34SP.com is now resolved.




Update at 11:47:51(BST): GlobalSign are aware of an issue with their verification systems at present. This is affecting Firefox users. Their twitter feed is here:

http://twitter.com/#!/globalsign/status/108839143517327360

This only affects logging into the 34SP.com control panel.

Start Time

31st August 2011, at 11:42AM

Resolution Time

1st September 2011, at 9:24AM