Subject: Administrative: Update #1 Planned October 4, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_J4mIXFW6DM1iNuy1tTyGaw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT **Update #1:* * This is a reminder to the community that the S-NPP mission will be conducting a backup exercise from the CBU facility located in Fairmont, WV starting on October 4, 2017 at 1230 UTC - details are contained in the main notification below. In the event critical weather is declared by the National Weather Service, the backup date for this activity will be moved to the next day if possible or a follow-up notification will be issued announcing the new dates of this exercise. All direct connect authorized users should ensure their connections to the CBU PDA or SNPP services located at CBU are verified before the exercise commences.* Topic: *Planned S-NPP Consolidated Backup (CBU) Exercise from Fairmont, WV Facility *Date/Time Issued: *October 02, 2017 1931Z *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* S-NPP/GCOM-W1 products *Date/Time of the Initial Impact:* October 4, 2017 1230Z *Date/Time of Expected End: * October 4, 2017 1930Z (for S-NPP and GCOM-W1 data operations) and October 6, 2017 1330Z (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 October 4, 2017 at 1230Z in support of a test of the CBU capability. The purpose of this formal 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 49 hours, the data operations failover test (which includes IDPS, NDE/PDA, CLASS and JSH feeds) will run for approximately 7 hours, and a test of IDMZ failover will last 24 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 08:30 AM EDT / 1230Z on Oct 4, 2017. The CBU site will be the operational S-NPP/GCOM- W1 product generation and distribution system for approximately 7 hours. The return to nominal ESPC operations at NSOF will be initiated by 03:30 PM EDT / 1930Z on Oct 4, 2017. IDMZ services will be transferred to CBU for approximately 24 hours and will last until Oct 5 at 1230Z. The S-NPP flight/satellite operations portion of the test will continue to run until Oct 6, 2017 at 09:30 EDT / 1330Z. In the event that critical weather is declared on the test date, the exercise may be cancelled and rescheduled for following day (i.e. Oct 5, 2017) – details will be provided at a later date. Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817- 3880 This message was sent by ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov . You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it make take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_J4mIXFW6DM1iNuy1tTyGaw) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Update #1:  This is a reminder to the community that the S-NPP mission will be conducting a backup exercise from the CBU facility located in Fairmont, WV starting on October 4, 2017 at 1230 UTC - details are contained in the main notification below.  In the event critical weather is declared by the National Weather Service, the backup date for this activity will be moved to the next day if possible or a follow-up notification will be issued announcing the new dates of this exercise.  All direct connect authorized users should ensure their connections to the CBU PDA or SNPP services located at CBU are verified before the exercise commences.

Topic:
Planned S-NPP Consolidated Backup (CBU) Exercise from Fairmont, WV Facility

Date/Time Issued:  October 02, 2017 1931Z

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

Date/Time of the Initial Impact:  October 4, 2017 1230Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  October 4, 2017 1930Z (for S-NPP and GCOM-W1 data operations) and
October 6, 2017 1330Z (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 October 4, 2017 at 1230Z in support of a test of the CBU capability. The
purpose of this formal 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 49 hours, the data operations failover test
(which includes IDPS, NDE/PDA, CLASS and JSH feeds) will run for approximately 7 hours, and a test of IDMZ
failover will last 24 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 08:30 AM EDT / 1230Z on Oct 4, 2017. The CBU site will be
the operational S-NPP/GCOM- W1 product generation and distribution system for approximately 7 hours.  The
return to nominal ESPC operations at NSOF will be initiated by 03:30 PM EDT / 1930Z on Oct 4, 2017.  IDMZ
services will be transferred to CBU for approximately 24 hours and will last until Oct 5 at 1230Z. The S-NPP
flight/satellite operations portion of the test will continue to run until Oct 6, 2017 at 09:30 EDT / 1330Z.
In the event that critical weather is declared on the test date, the exercise may be cancelled and rescheduled
for following day (i.e. Oct 5, 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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