Primo VE AP01 - RCA - March 4 & April 1, 2019
Introduction
This document serves as a Root Cause Analysis for the Primo VE service interruption experienced by Ex Libris customers on March 4th and April 1st, 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
Service interruption was experienced by Ex Libris customers served by the Primo VE AP01 instance at the APAC Data Center during the following hours:
March 4th, 2019 from 06:04 PM until 06:43 PM Singapore time.
April 1st, 2019 from 6:12 PM until 6:32 PM Singapore time
During the event, the 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:
A database failure caused the environment to be unresponsive.
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 working closely with Oracle support on investigating the root cause of this interruption.
- When the investigation will end and updated RCA will be published.
Customer Communication
ExLibris 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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March 4, 2019 | Initial publication |