Archive for May, 2011

[UPDATED] Rolling restarts for the week of May 16th

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

[UPDATED May 17th 08:13am] Today’s rolling restarts for the main server channel have completed.

[UPDATED May 17th 5:07am] Rolling restarts for regions on the main server channel will begin shortly. Please be certain to save all builds in progress, and to refrain from purchases within affected regions until the restarts are completed.

[POSTED May 16th 5:39pm PDT]  We will be performing rolling restarts for the main RC server channel starting 5:00am PDT on May 17th, and restarts for BlueSteel, LeTigre, and Magnum on May 18th, beginning at 8:00am PDT.

Please see the following link regarding deployment information:
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Server/Deploys-for-the-week-of-2011-05-16/td-p/877183

[Resolved 12:00pm] Rolling Restarts for BlueSteel and LeTigre Thursday a.m.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

[Resolved 12:00pm] Today’s rolling restarts for LeTigre and BlueSteel RCs have completed.

[Updated 12 May 2011, 9:07am PDT] We are continuing with the rolling restarts this morning on the LeTigre and BlueSteel RC server channels. The restarts are taking longer than expected. We are estimating that the rolling restarts should be completed around 11:00am PDT.

[Updated 12 May 2011, 7:30am PDT] We will be beginning rolling restarts on LeTigre and BlueSteel RC server channel. During this time, we recommend that you refrain from making L$ transactions and rezzing no-copy objects.

[Posted 11 May 2011, 6:22pm PDT] Rolling restarts are scheduled for the LeTigre and BlueSteel server channels Thursday, 12 May.

BlueSteel regions will commence rolling restarts at approximately 8 a.m. Pacific.

LeTigre regions will commence approximately one hour later.

Please be certain to save all builds in progress before restarts commence, and to refrain from purchases within affected regions until the restarts are completed.

As always, if the scope or schedule of the work changes, we’ll update you here.

[RESOLVED] Rolling Restarts for SL Server Channels - May 11, 2011

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

[RESOLVED 10:10AM PDT May 11 2011]  Rolling restarts have completed for today.

[UPDATED 4:55AM PDT May 11 2011] Rolling restarts will begin shortly. Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time.

[POSTED 7:22PM PDT May 10 2011] Rolling restarts for regions on the main Second Life server channel will be performed on Wednesday, May 11th at approximately 5:00am PDT. Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time.

[RESOLVED] Asset and Region Issues

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

[RESOLVED 7:41AM PDT May 11, 2011] Issues with the central services have now been resolved.

[POSTED 7:13AM PDT May 11, 2011] We are currently experiencing issues with some of our central services, which may cause issues with L$ purchases, inventory, teleporting, login failures, and region availability. Please refrain from L$ transactions or rezzing no-copy items until this issue is resolved.  Our network team is working on this issue, and expects to have it resolved soon. Please watch this blog for further information.

[RESOLVED] Unscheduled rolling restart of Magnum RC channel

Monday, May 9th, 2011

[RESOLVED 09 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT]  Rolling restarts for the Magnum RC channel has completed.

[POSTED 09 May 2011 10:42 AM PDT] Starting at 11:00am PDT on May 9, 2011, we will be performing an unscheduled rolling restart on all of the regions on the Magnum RC channel.  Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time.  Watch this blog for any new updates.  Information about the Magnum server release candidate can be found here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Beta/Magnum

[RESOLVED] Technical Difficulties With Billing

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

[RESOLVED 05 May 2011 2:05 PM PDT]  Issues with the LindeX have now been resolved.

[UPDATE 05 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT]  We are continuing to investigate the issue with LindeX.  Please monitor this blog for updates.

Some residents may experience issues purchasing L$ on the LindeX. We are aware of the issue and will update this blog as soon as we have more information.

[RESOLVED] Inventory Server Maintenance May 5

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

[RESOLVED 6:02AM] Inventory maintenance has been completed.

[UPDATED May 5, 5:09AM PDT] Inventory maintenance will begin shortly. Please check back here for updates.

[POSTED May 3, 6:55AM PDT] We will be performing inventory server maintenance on May 5 from 5AM - 6:30AM PDT. During this time, some residents will be logged off and will be temporarily unable to log in for a brief period. Please check back here for updates.

[RESOLVED] Rolling restarts for RC channel regions on 4 May 2011

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

[RESOLVED 04 May 2011 10:42 AM PDT]  Rolling restarts have completed for today.

We will be beginning the rolling restarts on Magnum, Bluesteel and LeTigre server channels shortly (Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at approximately 7:00 am PDT). Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time. Please watch this blog for any new updates. Information about the various Server Release Candidates can be found here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Beta/BlueSteel

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Beta/LeTigre

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Beta/Magnum

[RESOLVED 9:12AM PDT May 3] Rolling Restarts for SL Server Channels - May 3, 2011

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

[RESOLVED 9:12AM PDT May 3] Today’s rolling restarts have completed.

[UPDATED 5:06AM PDT May 3] Rolling restarts will begin shortly. Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time.

[POSTED 6:40PM PDT May 2, 2011] Rolling restarts for regions on the main Second Life server channel will be performed on Tuesday, May 3rd at approximately 5:00am PDT. Please make sure to save all builds and refrain from making purchases during this time.

[RESOLVED] Registration Issues

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

[RESOLVED 01 May 2011 8:30 AM PDT] Registration has returned to normal.

[UPDATE 01 May 2011 8:30 AM PDT] We are continuing to work on the registration issues. We will post here when we have more information.

[POSTED 01 May 2011 6:43 AM PDT] We are currently experiencing an issue with registrations. We are aware of the issue and investigating. We will post here when we have more information.