Maintenance for the week of December 16:
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – December 16
• NA megaservers for patch maintenance – December 17, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 12:00PM EST (17:00 UTC)
• EU megaservers for patch maintenance – December 17, 9:00 UTC (4:00AM EST) - 17:00 UTC (12:00PM EST)
• PC/Mac: No maintenance – December 16
• NA megaservers for patch maintenance – December 17, 4:00AM EST (9:00 UTC) - 12:00PM EST (17:00 UTC)
• EU megaservers for patch maintenance – December 17, 9:00 UTC (4:00AM EST) - 17:00 UTC (12:00PM EST)
The issues on the North American megaservers have been resolved at this time. If you continue to experience difficulties at login, please restart your client. Thank you for your patience!
What's up with this long maintance in 2019
stebo104ub17_ESO
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So a 8+ hour maintenance in 2019, are you f'n kidding me? Come on now that''s something you'd expect back in 2004-2008 not 2019. The software maintenance needs to be done before hand then just applied to servers with a 1-2 min server restart. For as far as hardware that takes less then 1 hour to do. Come on Zenimax come back to the current time for video games.
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✭Maybe they try to fix stuff?Thuu chakkuth lod Hajhiit c’oo? Hajhiit gortsuquth gorihuth thuu gooluthduj thdeitoluu!
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✭✭✭✭✭It’s a special patch, some sort of software update for the servers or something. EU is shorter because they did EU last week.2 -
reprosal✭✭✭✭✭stebo104ub17_ESO wrote: »So a 8+ hour maintenance in 2019, are you f'n kidding me? Come on now that''s something you'd expect back in 2004-2008 not 2019. The software maintenance needs to be done before hand then just applied to servers with a 1-2 min server restart. For as far as hardware that takes less then 1 hour to do. Come on Zenimax come back to the current time for video games.
You realize that most servers take about 30-45 minutes just to start right?2 -
fgoron2000✭✭✭✭What surprised me was that the banner said and still says nothing about a patch. Before this, as long as I can recall, they always made a distinction in the banner between "maintenance" and "patch maintenance", however today is indeed a patch, as they have updated the Patch Notes & Hot Fixes to v4.2.13.....hmmmm
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✭✭✭✭✭If it is a database operating system update, all the tables are parsed and upgraded which takes some time.1 -
Billdor✭✭✭✭stebo104ub17_ESO wrote: »So a 8+ hour maintenance in 2019, are you f'n kidding me? Come on now that''s something you'd expect back in 2004-2008 not 2019. The software maintenance needs to be done before hand then just applied to servers with a 1-2 min server restart. For as far as hardware that takes less then 1 hour to do. Come on Zenimax come back to the current time for video games.
And here we have a nincompoop who doesn't work in IT assuming that IT can click their fingers and solve everything. (source I work in IT and get this crap all the time).Edited by Billdor on February 11, 2019 3:47PM1 -
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✭They really.. really should make this a sticky that does not move off the first page... just saying.
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As said here this is longer maintenance due to some of the servers getting OS updates.Ahnastashia wrote: »They really.. really should make this a sticky that does not move off the first page... just saying.
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irswat✭✭✭✭will a DB OS upgrade ultimately lead to improvements in performance in game?The Lord Jesus Christ saved me from sin and darkness. His love has transformed me so that I am a new creature in Him. May you find Him too, and experience His richness and goodness!0
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Sav72✭✭✭✭✭It’s a special patch, some sort of software update for the servers or something. EU is shorter because they did EU last week.
Did you see a difference in performance after patch?Savoifair, EP NB
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will a DB OS upgrade ultimately lead to improvements in performance in game?
Not always, most of the time it's more a security patch of OS or DB. Nevertheless, as @TequilaFire already mentioned, some of these DB updates requires the tables in that DB to be converted/upgraded, which means that the containing data is being re-parsed. This procedure can take a while, depending on how much data (how many rows) the table in question is holding.0 -
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✭✭I think someone (probably at ZOS) is in the game now, because a few prices on TTC website just updated for PC NA. ZOS is probably making sure some key things work properly before letting us back on.0 -
Ramber✭✭✭✭Database changes are staged in advance so that the only downtime required is at the time of recompile (from old version to new). the servers would have cloned versions of the new DB already in place so the problem isn't the actual update, that takes little time. It could be anything causing the delay. There is a post verification process whereby they spot check the new changes and if problems are found they have to decide if they can fix it w/o restarting the entire process. I've spent many a night doing such updates, everything is calm until compile then the nail biting starts lol0
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While I can see the perception from many of who work in IT that the OP is naïve and therefore making uninformed observations, the problem also exists in the IT community. Their lack of transparency and communication skills/phenotype with lay persons are to blame for lack of said persons' empathy. I see this everyday in my place of work.
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✭✭I think someone (probably at ZOS) is in the game now, because a few prices on TTC website just updated for PC NA. ZOS is probably making sure some key things work properly before letting us back on.
TTC was showing the same sort of updates last week during downtime as well.
TTC was showing the updates every 20-30 minutes for a long while during the downtime, not just towards the end of the downtime.
I have come to suspect TTC shows periodic updates regardless of whether the servers are up or down.
I paid into TTC when I downloaded the software and 'subscribed', so it's not like I'm not a user of the service, but I'm not exactly 'trusting' them anymore, either.
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Yedax✭✭Hey, EU got a shorter patch than NA! That's progress?
Not really considering we had the same patch you are having two weeks ago + extended maintenance on top of it + tons of server issues. Good luck to you guys though, one can only hope you don't get bummed the same way we did.Edited by Yedax on February 11, 2019 4:59PM1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Yeah, what does the year have to do with anything? A task can be longer and more complicated than expected/usual, no matter if it's 1752, 2019, or 2475.1 -
RobDaCool✭✭✭TequilaFire wrote: »If it is a database operating system update, all the tables are parsed and upgraded which takes some time.
They're upgrading from Windows Vista! I know I'm excited!
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OnlyOnThursday✭✭✭✭stebo104ub17_ESO wrote: »So a 8+ hour maintenance in 2019, are you f'n kidding me? Come on now that''s something you'd expect back in 2004-2008 not 2019. The software maintenance needs to be done before hand then just applied to servers with a 1-2 min server restart. For as far as hardware that takes less then 1 hour to do. Come on Zenimax come back to the current time for video games.
You realize that most servers take about 30-45 minutes just to start right?
Spoken like someone who's never turned a server on in their life.
I manage several and let me tell you, if my server took 45 minutes to turn on, I would go work at a bookstore.Edited by OnlyOnThursday on February 11, 2019 5:09PM1 -
HigH_HawK85 wrote: »Players: What's taking so long to finish this maintenance?
ZOS: Windows....
ROFL ... Hits the nail on the head.0
