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News Item: POL Maintenance July 18-19

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2005-07-11 11:54:19

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PlayOnline Server Maintenance (July 18-19)

From:PlayOnline
Jul. 11, 2005 08:00 [PDT]

PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Jul. 18)

At the following time we will be conducting PlayOnline server maintenance. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI and Tetra Master will be unavailable.

The Friend List Plus feature, accessible from the official PlayOnline homepage (www.playonline.com/) will be unavailable as well.

During those hours, we will also be conducting server maintenance for FINAL FANTASY XI in preparation for the upcoming version update.
Please refer to the Information section for more details.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Date & Time]
Jul. 18, 8:00 to Jul. 19, 0:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Maintenance Details]
Server upgrades

[Affected Services]
PlayOnline

Official PlayOnline Announcement

From: Cuer Administrator Posted: 2005-07-12 02:50:03	Reply Quote
One note on this: the server maintenance may provide the content patch at the same time. Some of the Japanese sites seem to be referring to it that way, and looking at the Babelfish auto-translated info points in that direction. We'll no doubt learn more specifics as we get closer to the end of this week.

From: Arne Registered User Posted: 2005-07-12 11:41:02	Reply Quote
That might make some sense considering this server maintenance event is also scheduled to be 16 hours long.

From: Uberfuzzy Registered User Posted: 2005-07-12 22:02:48	Reply Quote
one thing i've noticed: long server down = short/small client download short downtime = long download. not saying this is steadfast, after all this is SE, home of "various other fixes"

From: Uberfuzzy
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Posted: 2005-07-13 04:51:22

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in retrospec, its probly only going to be a small to medium update. although i am happy to see them offereing to prepatch the PC version ahead of time...

the massive downtime is for POL,
not ffxi (they are just going to sneak in some FFXI downtime)

from the translation:
"The inside permitting/inserting: Transfer of facilities and reinforcement of server equipment"

if theyr phsyically moving the servers, the long update, is to make sure the DNS entry's update accross the world. that would make perfect sence...

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2005-07-15 10:57:19

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More info in the news:

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From:PlayOnline
Jul. 15, 2005 07:00 [PDT]

PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Jul. 18): Addition

During the PlayOnline server maintenance on Jul. 18, we will also be conducting PlayOnline Viewer server maintenance in preparation for a version update.

*The client software will also be updated at this time. The client update will begin once you log onto PlayOnline. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

*You may receive errors such as POL-1160 or POL-0010 during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

[Date & Time]
Jul. 18, 2005 8:00 to Jul. 19, 2005 0:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
PlayOnline

[Maintenance Details]

- My Friend List will be updated so that users will be able to set different personal comments for each handle.

- The PlayOnline Viewer message list will be updated so that users will be able to reply to messages in their "Read Messages" list.

- A display showing the number of members participating in a group chat will be added.

- A Friend List function that allows users to send messages simultaneously to multiple friends will be added.

- A "Q&A Search" shortcut will be added to the Active Handle Information screen.

- The handle name and portrait currently being used will now be displayed in the Active Handle Information screen.

- The maximum number of attachments to one PlayOnline mail will be increased to 10 files.

We have also undertaken other operations not necessarily detailed in this news item.

Official PlayOnline Announcement

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2005-07-15 11:07:52

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And, just to repeat it all...

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From:FINAL FANTASY XI
Jul. 15, 2005 01:00 [PDT]

All Worlds Scheduled Maintenance (Jul. 18)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI server maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

*The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

*You may receive errors such as POL-1160 or POL-0010 during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

*For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site (http://www.playonline.com/) which will be available on Jul. 18, 2005.

[Affected Period]
From Jul. 18, 2005 from 8:00 to Jul. 19, 2005 0:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

Official PlayOnline Announcement

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2005-07-15 11:15:07

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So, on the 18th-19th FFXI is getting:

1) Server upgrades.
2) A POL update (with unspecified anti-hacking measures, if I read that correctly.)
3) The major content patch.

I guess it's good they gave themselves plenty of time to do it all, as they'll certainly need it! I don't recall them ever pushing this much in one downtime, but then they've only done 2-3 major server upgrades since the initial North American release. I know we're going to have a very late night here; hopefully the actual patch will be in by midnight PDT, like they're scheduling it to. Should be fun!

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