[nws-changes] [20100316: Fwd: BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ ACTIVATION]

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• Subject: [nws-changes] [20100316: Fwd: BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ ACTIVATION]
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:34:00 -0600

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NOXX10 KWBC  161327

* TO  NOAAPORT USERS

FROM         RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT     BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ ACTIVATION  *

*EFFECTIVE DATE 1515 UTC ON TUESDAY MARCH 16*

*
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 TUESDAY, 16 MARCH AT 1515 UTC.  *

*OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED BACK TO THE PRIMARY *

*NCF ON THURSDAY, 18 MARCH AT 1415 UTC.  THE SWITCH *

*WILL NOT BE DONE ON A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY, OR *

*IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES *

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.
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 *NCF
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*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

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