Alma NA05 - RCA - Decmber 2 & 9, 2019
Introduction
This document serves as a Root Cause Analysis for the Alma service interruption experienced by Ex Libris customers on December 2nd & December 9th, 2019
The goal of this document is to share our findings regarding the event, specify the root cause analysis, outline actions to be taken to solve the downtime event, as well as preventive measures Ex Libris is taking to avoid similar cases in future.
Event Timeline
Intermediate service interruptions were experienced by Ex Libris customers served by the Alma NA05 instance at our North America Data Center during the following time period:
December 2, 2019 from 4:34 PM until 5:00 PM Chicago time.
December 9, 2019 from 2:39 PM until 3:23 PM Chicago time.
During the event, Service was unavailable for the environment
Root Cause Analysis
Ex Libris Engineers investigated this event to determine the root cause analysis with the following results:
The cause of this failure is still under active investigation
Technical Action Items and Preventive Measures
Ex Libris has taken the following action and preventive measures to avoid such an occurrence in future:
- Ex Libris Engineers are still investigating the root cause of this interruption
Customer Communication
Ex Libris is committed to providing customers with prompt and ongoing updates during Cloud events. Ongoing and prompt updates on service interruptions appear in the system status portal at this address: http://status.exlibrisgroup.com/
These updates are automatically sent as emails to registered customers.
Publication History
Date | Publication History |
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Deecmber 10, 2019 | Initial Publication |