SCC TechLog

July 6, 2006  11:27am

Server: superweb2.scc.net

Action: PHP Upgrade

Notes: PHP was upgraded to 4.4.2.

June 27, 2006  3:45pm

Server: ns0.bpsi.net

Action: Removed stale DNS records.

Notes: Removed stale DNS records to prevent improper resolution by ns0 for sound domains.

June 27, 2006  3:45pm

Server: occam.bpsi.net

Action: OSPF Restart

Notes: Restarted OSPF to bring routes back to border.

May 10, 2006  11:37am

Server: occam.bpsi.net

Action: Reloaded OSPF

Notes: Starting at 9:30pm CDT we had an OSPF Routing failure that led to an outage that impacted most of our IP Space. The issue was resolved around 10:15pm. We apologize for the downtime and are working to ensure that similar issues in the future will not have such a massive impact.

February 9, 2006  2:08pm

Server: mail.scc.net

Action: cubic circle pop3 daemon replaced.

Notes: On Tuesday February 7th our previous pop3 daemon stopped responding. In order to resume pop functionality on mail.scc.net we replaced the daemon with a new version of qpopper. The total downtime was over 3 hours in length.

February 3, 2006  11:51am

Server: smtp.scc.net

Action: Sendmail MaxMessageSize increased

Notes: Changed from O MaxMessageSize=1000000 to O MaxMessageSize=26000000 to accomodate a few users. Please beware, sending large attachments through email is unreliable, undesireable, and in many cases we cannot help you if they're not delivered properly.

January 27, 2006  11:57am

Server: mail.scc.net

Action: Mailscreen mail routing enabled.

Notes: Late last night, and early this morning, many changes were made to our email infrastructure and the supporting systems (DNS/etc) to accomodate the release of our Mailscreen system. We encountered a few issues, if you're having any mail troubles please contact our phone support team. Users can expect a welcome letter from the new spam filtering service to be in their mailbox sometime today.

Thanks for your patience and continued support. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business.

January 20, 2006  11:05am

Server: sound.scc.net

Action: Spamassassin Failure

Notes: Late Thursday and into Friday spamassassin failed and did not automatically restart. It was restarted manually and is functioning properly now. This was not related to our migration to Mailscreen filtering. Spamassassin will be retired Feburary 1st.

October 20, 2005  12:32pm

Server: superweb.scc.net

Action: Enabled GD support in PHP

Notes: Restarted apache with a rebuilt php to enable GD support. Total downtime was less than 30 seconds.

May 6, 2005  11:45am

Server: beta82/beta83

Action: configured ntpdate

Notes: Set ntpdate to sync clocks on the beta82 and beta83 servers.

May 4, 2005  1:26pm

Server: sound.scc.net

Action: SpamAssassin upgraded to 3.0.3

Notes: SpamAssassin upgraded to 3.0.3

May 4, 2005  1:25pm

Server: beta82.scc.net

Action: SpamAssassin upgraded to 3.0.3

Notes: SpamAssassin upgraded to 3.0.3

February 9, 2005  10:05am

Server: mshosting.scc.net

Action: 9 Critical Updates

Notes: Microsoft released 9 Critical updates that were installed on mshosting.

February 4, 2005  6:51pm

Server: secure.scc.net (superweb2)

Action: Truncated Logfile

Notes: The logfile for secure transactions on the superweb2 server had grown past the upper limit. Rotated log manually to fix server. Users who were unable to modify their mailbox settings should be able to access this feature again.

February 1, 2005  6:41pm

Server: mxbackup.scc.net

Action: Replacement upgraded server deployed

Notes: More powerful hardware was deployed to replace the aged backup mailserver. The new server runs a different mail server software than the previous server, and is configured to more effectively fill this role than our old software. This is part of our global plan to upgrade and improve our mail architecture.