Summary: We need to install some core software updates on our VZ Nodes VZNODE1 and VZNODE2 which will require a reboot on completion.

When: Friday 27th August 23:00 GMT

Services Affected: All VE’s will be offline during the reboot but should not be offline for more than 15-20 minutes in total.

During the upgrades our helpdesk and live chat will be open . We will update this post with progress and when completed and all services are back online.

Summary: We are performing Windows updates to our shared Windows servers. During this period services will be restarted but we hope to keep any downtime to a minimum.

Maintenance Period: Wednesday 21 July 2010 - 01:00 - 02:00 GTM

Service Affected: All

Summary: Users on this mail server are currently experiencing mail delivery issues. We are currently working to resolve this and will update this post shortly.

Services affected: Mailboxes only

Update @ 12:24: This issue is now resolved. Apologies for the service interruption.

Summary: We need to take this shared linux server offline tomorrow morning to swap out the existing motherboard with a new one. We are certain there is an issue with one of the Dimm sockets in the existing board and this maintenance will hopefully resolve the problem permanently. We are scheduling 1 hour for this outage but hope it will be a lot less, potentially 10-15 minutes if all goes to plan.

Maintenance Window: 10AM - 11AM GMT

Services affected: All websites on this server will be offline during the maintenance. Mail however will continue to function.

Update @ 10:20: This has been postponed until 11.30AM

Update @ 11.28: This maintenance has been postponed due to a technical issue. We will reschedule for next wekend.

Our helpdesk will be operational during this outage so please feel free to open a support ticket if you need an update.

There will be no further updates on this post.

Summary: We are updating 2 of our Linux VZ Nodes tonight at 23:00 GMT. All containers will be impacted as the updates are installed and nodes rebooted. We apologize for the short notice but these updates are necessary to fix some minor intermittent issues on the nodes.

Maintenance Window: 23:00 GTM - 0:00 GMT

Duration: Approximately 60 Minutes

Update @ 23:05: Updates have been applied and the nodes are coming back online .

Update @ 23:45: Last node is now back online and containers are restarting.

Update @ 23:50: Updates complete and containers are running.

Our Helpdesk and live chat will be online during this period so please do not hesitate in getting in touch if you have any questions.