Update #1: As of Aug 30, 2017 at 1300Z this update provides the exact timing of of the S-NPP Consolidated BackUp (CBU) Exercise from Fairmont, WV that is scheduled to start on Sep 6, 2017. All S-NPP flight operations will be transferred to CBU starting on Sep 6 at 1300Z and will last until Sep 8 at 1230Z. IDMZ services will transfer to CBU starting on Sep 6 at 1300Z and will last until Sep 7 at 1400Z. Data operations, which includes IDPS, NDE/PDA, CLASS and JSH feeds, will be transferred to CBU starting on Sep 6 at 1300Z and will last until Sep 6 at 2000Z - all authorized users of those services should ensure their connectivity to CBU has been verified. In the event that critical weather is declared, the backup start date for this exercise is scheduled for the following day - Sep 7, 2017.

Topic: Planned S-NPP Consolidated BackUp (CBU) Exercise from Fairmont, WV facility

Date/Time Issued: August 30, 2017 1300Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: S-NPP/GCOM-W1 products

Date/Time of the Initial Impact: September 6, 2017 1200Z

Date/Time of Expected End: September 6, 2017 2000Z (for S-NPP and GCOM-W1 data operations) and September 8, 2017 1200Z (for S-NPP flight/satellite operations)

Length of the Outage: see details below

Details/Specifics of Change:

All S-NPP/GCOM-W1 data processing and flight/satellite operations will be failed over to the Consolidated Back Up (CBU) site at Fairmont, WV on September 6, 2017 in support of a test of the CBU capability. The purpose of the exercise is to ensure the ability to fail over S-NPP flight and data operations of S-NPP and GCOM-W1 to the CBU and also to test our ability to switch back to the NSOF primary facility upon conclusion of the exercise.

The flight/satellite operations failover portion of the test will last 48 hours and the data operations failover test will run for approximately 8 hours. During the data operations failover test, there will be no S-NPP/GCOM-W1 data produced at NSOF. A subset of critical S-NPP/GCOM-W1 data will be made available via the PDA located at CBU only for users with connectivity to that backup system. GOES-16 and other non-S-NPP products available via PDA at NSOF will be unaffected by this test and will still be produced and distributed through the PDA at NSOF.

The CBU Facility Backup Exercise will begin at 08:00 AM EDT / 1200Z on Sep 6, 2017. The CBU site will be the operational S-NPP/GCOM-W1 product generation and distribution system for approximately 8 hours. The return to nominal ESPC operations at NSOF will be initiated by 04:00 PM EDT / 2000Z on September 6, 2017. The S-NPP flight/satellite operations portion of the test will continue to run until Sep 8, 2017 at 08:00 EDT / 1200Z.

In the event that critical weather is declared on the test date, the exercise may be cancelled and rescheduled for following day (i.e. Sep 7, 2017) – details will be provided at a later date.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

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