After the switch to SFX version 4 the SFX server wants more resources.
Hence some memory will be added on Wednesday between 8 and 9 am (i.e. during our scheduled maintenance hours), which will require a maximum of 30 minutes downtime.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
vLib is to move to a new server hardware, and will thus be unavailable from Tuesday 07/12/10 night until Wednesday 08/12/10 in the morning when the migration is planned be completed during our scheduled maintenance hours.
We sincerely regret the downtimes vLib has experienced recently, and apologize for any inconveniences caused.
Unfortunately, last week’s update failed because of networking problems, and has thus been re-scheduled to take place tomorrow morning, 1st of December, between 07:00 a.m. and 09:00 a.m.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this repeated downtime.
A software component will be upgraded on Wednesday, 24/11/10, in the course of our scheduled maintenance hours.
Since the upgrade requires approximately 2 hours downtime of vLib, the installation will be started at 07:00 a.m. Services are expected to be back by 09:00 a.m.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Due to a scheduled power outage vLib will be unavailable on Wednesday, 17/11/10, from 6 am onwards.
As a a high number of services will be experiencing a downtime, systems will be initialized successively after the outage.
We have done our best to prioritize the start of vLib, however, we are unable to give any more precise point of time when vLib will be available again but between 9 and 12 o’clock in the morning.
MPG/SFX services should be available without interruption.
More info see GWDG News.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
The GWDG currently undertakes some necessary construction work in their server room and the vLib server need to be moved to a new location in this context. Therefore, our hosting partner scheduled a downtime for the vLib portal on Wednesday between 07:30 a.m. to approximately 12:00 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Update from 1 pm: Server restart will be delayed by two hours at least.
Unfortunately, the vLib portal is not running at the moment due to server problems at our hosting partner. The responsible system administrators at GWDG work intensely to resume service as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Update from 6 pm: The problems have been caused by a failure of memory devices. The system was restarted successfully in the meantime.
vLib resources may now be located by means of a tag cloud based on controlled and free keywording of resources.
The tag cloud is available as an external service (also xml-based), or as a menu option of the vLib views MetaSearch and Find Database.
Resource types have been revised.
The former resource types Factual Database, ePrint Server, and Subject Gateway are now generally typed as Miscellaneous.
Old links should redirect if defined for interfaces /start or /resource_type (more info on service interfaces).
A complete list of eBook-related resources is now available at http://vlib.mpg.de/start?type=Book%20Collection.
Hence the option eBooks has disappeared from the Special Content dropdown at http://vlib.mpg.de/start?srv=locate. Former deep links, for example http://vlib.mpg.de/start?special=ebooks, should continue to be supported if set up using the above service interfaces.
In order to prepare an upcoming migration, the GWDG scheduled a few hours downtime for the MPG/SFX server on Sunday between 01:00 a.m. and 06:00 a.m.
Please be aware that MPG/SFX services will be unavailable during that time, while the upcoming system is synchronized with the MPG/SFX server in production.
On Wednesday, February 17, after thorough testing, the new system will be switched to production during our regular maintenance hours, which will involve another short downtime.
!! PLEASE NOTE: Switch to production was re-scheduled to take place on Thursday morning, February 18, between 8 and 9 a.m. Apologies for the short notice. !!
We apologize for any inconvenience.