Opalstack - Notice history

Notice history

Apr 2022

Germany mail server offline.
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    All repairs are complete and all DE mailboxes have been restored.

    If you are a DE mail customer and are still seeing issues with your IMAP/POP3 email then please email Opalstack support for further assistance.

  • Update
    Update

    The repairs for message dates and mailbox permissions are 75-80% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The repairs for dates and mailbox permissions are still in progress. We expect them to be completed today.

  • Update
    Update

    The restore is complete.

    We're still working on lingering issues related to message dates and mailbox permissions which may take another day or two to fully resolve.

    We'll continue to post updates until the issues are resolved.

  • Update
    Update

    The restore is 99% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The restore is 99% complete.

    Once the restore has completed, there may be sporadic service disruptions for individual mailboxes as we identify lingering issues and correct them.

  • Update
    Update

    The restore is 98-99% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The restore is 93-99% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 85-95% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 80-90% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 75-85% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 70-80% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 65-75% complete. Note that there are several parallel restore processes so the overall recovery progress doesn't reflect a percentage of the alphabet with regard to mailbox names.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 60-70% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 45-60% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 30-40% complete. We have to estimate with a range because of the parallel restore processes.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is 24% complete.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery from backup is still in progress, albeit running slowly at only 12% complete.

    We believe that we'll be able to recover most of the data from the failed server, so we're restoring that data in parallel with the backup recovery. This should speed up the overall recovery and provide the most recent data from prior to the failure.

  • Update
    Update

    The recovery is in still progress.

    We estimate that it is 11% complete and it is currently restoring mailboxes that being with "as".

  • Update
    Update

    DE webmail access is now working.

    The mailbox restore is still in progress.

  • Update
    Update

    We're still noticing some login issues for webmail and are troubleshooting that now.

  • Monitoring
    Monitoring

    We do not have high expectations for the outcome of the filesystem check, so we've deployed a new DE IMAP server and have re-created all DE mailboxes as new empty mailboxes on that server.

    Customers should now be able to log in to our DE mail services to send and receive new mail. No changes to your email client settings should be required.

    We'll begin restoring the original mailbox contents ASAP from the most recent backup made on 30 March 2022 (the failure occurred while the 31 March backup was still in progress). The restore may take several days to complete, so we'll keep this post updated until it is done.

    We'll attempt to recover mail from 31 March 2022 when the filesystem repairs on the failed server are complete.

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    At around 08:30 UTC on 1 April 2022 our DE incoming mail server stopped responding, so we initiated an emergency reboot.

    The server did not reboot correctly and further analysis identified a failing disk associated with outdated disk controller firmware and a failed disk controller battery.

    As of 11:00 UTC the disc controller was repaired and a filesystem check was initiated.

    Further updates follow in reverse-chronological order.

Feb 2022

Emergency maintenance on opal6.opalstack.com
  • Completed
    February 08, 2022 at 10:56 PM
    Completed
    February 08, 2022 at 10:56 PM
    The maintenance is complete.
  • In progress
    February 08, 2022 at 10:30 PM
    In progress
    February 08, 2022 at 10:30 PM

    Maintenance is now in progress

  • Planned
    February 08, 2022 at 10:30 PM
    Planned
    February 08, 2022 at 10:30 PM

    On 8 February 2022 at 22:30 UTC opal6.opalstack.com will be taken offline for emergency maintenance related to the outage earlier today.

    The expected downtime is 30 minutes.

    We'll update this post when the maintenance begins and again when it is complete.

    • 2022-02-08 22:30: Opal6 is offline for maintenance.
    • 2022-02-08 22:56: The maintenance is complete and opal6 is back online.
opal6 offline
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    The maintenance is complete and opal6 is back online.

  • Update
    Update

    Opal6 is now offline for scheduled emergency maintenance. The expected downtime is 30 minutes.

  • Update
    Update

    The data center team suspects that a fault in the server's physical power switch caused the server to power down unexpectedly.

    We've scheduled emergency maintenance for 2022-02-08 22:30 UTC (tonight) to investigate and replace the switch if necessary.

  • Monitoring
    Monitoring

    Opal6 is back online. We're still awaiting word from the data center to determine why the machine had been powered off.

  • Identified
    Identified

    We discovered that opal6 had been powered down unexpectedly. The machine is rebooting at this time and we're awaiting an update from the data center as to why the machine was powered down.

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    Opal6 is currently offline, we're looking into it.

Feb 2022 to Apr 2022

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