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[nws-changes] 20121016: Fwd: DATA MGT MESSAGE 10-12.03 OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NCF BACKUP SERVERS HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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  • Subject: [nws-changes] 20121016: Fwd: DATA MGT MESSAGE 10-12.03 OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NCF BACKUP SERVERS HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL Wednesday, October 17, 2012
  • From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:53:01 -0600



-------- Original Message --------

NOXX10 KWBC 161651
DATA MGT MESSAGE 10-12.03

TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
    EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
    GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

THE SWITCH HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 17  2012.

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, OCTOBER 17 AND THE SWITCH

WILL TAKE PLACE AS FOLLOWS:
1315 WEDNESDAY 10/17 SBN SWITCHED TO BNCF
1415 WEDNESDAY 10/17 MHS SWITCHED TO BNCF
1515 WEDNESDAY 10/17 DSUP SWITCHED TO BNCF
.
1415 THURSDAY 10/18 DSUP SWITCHED TO ANCF
1515 THURSDAY 10/18 MHS SWITCHED TO ANCF
1615 THURSDAY 10/18 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.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML <http://www.weather.gov/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML> 

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS

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