This caused a lot of problems with the LDm and NOAAport software the last
time they did this. Let's see what happens...this will run from 15:15Z
until 19:15Z on Wednesday.
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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NOXX10 KWBC 161847
DATA MGT MESSAGE 11-09.01
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ ACTIVATION
EFFECTIVE DATE 1515 UTC ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18
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 WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER AT 1515 UTC.
OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED BACK TO THE PRIMARY
NCF ON WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER AT 1915 UTC. 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 WILL BE REPOINTED
TO THE BNCF. THE SWITCH TO THE BNCF WILL BEGIN
AT 1515 UTC AND 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 DATA MANAGEMENT
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
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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