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402 NOUS72 KNCF 020243 ADMNCF . THE NCF WILL BE PERFORMING THE 5.2.2 NCF UPGRADE ON DECEMBER 3RD AND 4TH. . ON DECEMBER 3RD BEGINNING AT ABOUT 15Z, SBN UPLINK SERVER SOFTWARE WILL BE UPGRADED. THIS WILL REQUIRE A COUPLE OF INTERRUPTIONS OF LESS THAN 5 MINUTES FOR THE NWSTG, AND NOAAPORT CHANNELS. PRODUCTS WILL QUEUE WHILE CHANNELS ARE BEING MOVED. . FROM 0Z TO 5Z DECEMBER 4TH, THE NCF APPLICATION SERVERS' MASS STORAGE WILL BE UPGRADED. THIS WILL REQUIRE NCF ENGINEERS TO USE THE BNCF APPLICATION SERVERS FOR SITE LOGIN AND FOR ACCESSING TROUBLE TICKET SOFTWARE. THE NCF NWWS UPLINK WILL ALSO BE DOWN DURING THIS TIME. THIS WILL NOT CAUSE AN OUTAGE AS THE NCF UPLINK SERVES AS A THIRD LEVEL OF REDUNDANCY FOR SITES SENDING TO NWWS. . BEGINNING AT ABOUT 15Z DECEMBER 4TH, NCF WILL BE UPGRADING MESSAGE HANDLING AND APPLICATION SERVER SOFTWARE. THIS PORTION OF THE UPGRADE SHOULD NOT IMPACT MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION OR NCF MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING. . IF CRITICAL WEATHER OR OPERATIONS DICTATE, THIS UPGRADE WILL BE POSTPONED. . NCF/sab ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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