Computer problems plague Virginia DMV, other state agencies

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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles could not process thousands of new or renewal driver’s license and identification card applications for a fifth straight day Monday, thanks to a computer malfunction that has crippled technology departments at roughly two dozen state agencies.

A failure at one of the state’s data centers near Richmond pulled more than 200 storage servers offline last week, and the DMV and roughly half a dozen other agencies have yet to recover.

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