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386 NOUS72 KNCF 271600 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO THE MIC/HIC, SOO, ESA, ITO AND AWIPS FOCAL POINT: . THE PARTIAL OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY (NCF) BACKUP SERVERS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, 02 MAY. . OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY AWIPS NCF (ANCF) AT SILVER SPRING, MD TO THE BACKUP NCF (BNCF) AT FAIRMONT, WV. THE TEST IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, 02 MAY FROM 1315 UTC TO 1715 UTC. THE TEST WILL NOT BE DONE ON A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY, OR IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES WARRANTING POSTPONEMENT. . ALL ANCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE REPOINTED TO THE BNCF. THE SWITCH TO THE BNCF WILL BEGIN AT 1315 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. . IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE NCF AT 301-713-9344. . NCF ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ============================================================================== To unsubscribe nws-changes, visit: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing-list-delete-form.html ==============================================================================
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