[IRTalk] National ETD Portal unavailable

Maphopha, Khomotso khomotso.maphopha at ul.ac.za
Tue Aug 25 12:43:54 SAST 2020


Thank you Prof. Hussein. Thank you Ansie for reporting the problem.



On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 12:14 PM Hussein Suleman <hussein at cs.uct.ac.za>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues
>
> Thanks for the note. I just did a remote repair and restart.  Seems like
> it worked *phew*
>
> The service is still hanging in there, albeit on old NRF hardware.  If
> there are any problems, do let me know. It was only down since Friday
> (with the server stable for the previous 261 days) so, if you have had
> difficult getting to the service, something else may be wrong.
>
> I was scheduled to chat with Faranah on my next trip to Pretoria this
> year about the next steps with this service, and we may need to do that
> electronically sooner or later anyway.  I believe this has also been
> raised within CHELSA, so we will hopefully have a continuation/migration
> plan soon.
>
> Regards,
>     Hussein Suleman
>
> --
> Hussein Suleman, PhD
> Head of Department and Professor
> Department of Computer Science, School of IT, University of Cape Town
> www.husseinsspace.com
>
> On 2020/08/25 11:49, Ina Smith wrote:
> > Dear Ansie
> >
> > The head of the division, responsible for databases at the NRF:
> >
> > *Faranah Osman*
> > Executive Director
> > Information Technology & Knowledge Resources
> > Tel: +27 12 481 4158
> > Email: faranah.osman at nrf.ac.za <mailto:faranah.osman at nrf.ac.za>
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Ina
> >
> > *From:*IRTalk <irtalk-bounces at lists.lib.sun.ac.za> *On Behalf Of *Van
> > der Westhuizen, Ansie
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 August 2020 09:38
> > *To:* irtalk at lists.lib.sun.ac.za
> > *Cc:* Mabena, Nomsa <mabenna at unisa.ac.za>
> > *Subject:* [IRTalk] National ETD Portal unavailable
> >
> > Dear Colleagues
> >
> > We are unable to access the NETD Portal from Unisa’s side. Could anybody
> > please advise us where we can report this problem. We are getting the
> > message below when trying to open the page:**
> >
> > *Service Temporarily Unavailable*
> >
> > The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to
> > maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > /Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at www.netd.ac.za <http://www.netd.ac.za>
>
> > Port 80/
> >
> > Thank  you for your valued input.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
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> > Ansie van der Westhuizen
> >
> > Non-Commercial Digital Developer (Institutional Repository)
> >
> > Department of Library Services
> >
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