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-------- Original Message -------- 813 NOUS72 KNCF 161736 ADMNCF . PLEASE PASS TO THE MIC/HIC, SOO, ESA, ITO AND AFP: . 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 TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 AT 1515 UTC. OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED BACK TO THE PRIMARY NCF ON THURSAY, JANUARY 20 AT 1515 UTC. 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 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
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