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-------- Original Message -------- All, The Subject (See Below) should have been Operational Test of the AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) Backup Servers. My apologies. Thank you. Julie On 1/20/2012 6:19 AM, Julie Hayes wrote:
NOXX10 KWBC 201119 DATA MGT MESSAGE 01-12.02 TO NOAAPORT USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT SUBJECT AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT DATA FEED SWITCH THERE WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY (NCF) BACKUP SERVERS. NCF SERVER OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY AWIPS NCF (ANCF) IN SILVER SPRING, MD TO THE BACKUP NCF (BNCF) AT FAIRMONT, WV. THE SWITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 23 AND THE SWITCH WILL TAKE PLACE AS FOLLOWS: 1415 MONDAY 1/23 SBN SWITCHED TO BNCF 1515 MONDAY 1/23 MHS SWITCHED TO BNCF 1615 MONDAY 1/23 DSUP SWITCHED TO BNCF 1415 THURSDAY 1/26 DSUP SWITCHED TO ANCF 1515 THURSDAY 1/26 MHS SWITCHED TO ANCF 1615 THURSDAY 1/26 SBN SWITCHED TO ANCF THE SWITCH WILL NOT BE DONE ON A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY, OR IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES WARRANTING POSTPONEMENT. ALL ANCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION (MHS) WILL BE REPOINTED TO THE BNCF. THE SWITCH WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DATA WILL QUEUE WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE SENT ONCE THE SWITCH IS COMPLETE. THIS WILL AFFECT DATA ORIGINATING AT NWS FIELD OFFICES AND NATIONAL CENTERS ON THE AWIPS NETWORK INCLUDING RADAR DATA. REPOINTING OF OPERATIONS BACK TO THE ANCF WILL ALSO TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES DURING WHICH DATA WILL BE QUEUED. QUEUED DATA WILL BE SENT WHEN THE REPOINTING IS COMPLETE. NCF THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS NNNN
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