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*UPDATE #1: *ADDITIONAL 2024 COOP IMPORTANT INFORMATION.



   - A DECLARATION OF CRITICAL WEATHER (CWD) BEFORE OR DURING THIS EVENT
   WILL NOT POSTPONE OR CHANGE THE DATE OF THE COOP, PER JPSS.
   - THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING AND END DATE/TIME FOR THIS EXERCISE IS JUNE
   05, 2024 @ 1300Z UNTIL JUNE 07, 2024 @ 1700Z.
   - THE LENGTH OF THIS COOP EXERCISE IS APPROXIMATELY 52 HOURS.
   - PULL CONSUMERS THAT DON   T NORMALLY CONNECT TO CBU TO RECEIVE FILES ARE
   SUGGESTED TO TEST THOSE CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE.
   - GOES AND LEGACY DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE PDA OPS.
   - PDA CBU PRODUCTS ARE PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM IDPS, NOAA-20, SNPP, GCOM,
   AND PASSTHROUGH DATA.
   - DATA BEING RECEIVED AT BOTH PDA CBU AND OPS WILL RESULT IN DUPLICATES
   AND POSSIBLE BANDWIDTH CONCERNS. IF REQUESTED, PDA STAFF CAN HELP USERS
   MODIFY THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RECEIVE DATA FROM JUST ONE SITE, THUS
   REDUCING DUPLICATES.
   - NOT ALL BLENDED PRODUCTS MAY BE AVAILABLE DURING THE TEST WINDOW.
   BLENDED PRODUCTS ARE LISTED IN THE LINK BELOW AS    BLEND   .
   - A PRODUCT LIST INDICATING WHICH SITE OR SITES EACH PRODUCT IS
   AVAILABLE FROM DURING THE COOP EXERCISE CAN BE FOUND AT THE URL BELOW.
      -
      HTTPS://SATEPSANONE.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV/PUB/TEMP/COOP2024_PRODUCT_LISTS_AND_LOCATION.TXT

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 *TOPIC:  *2024 PLANNED PDA PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU COOP EXERCISE




*DATE/TIME ISSUED: * APRIL 30, 2024 1928Z



*PRODUCT(S) OR DATA IMPACTED:  *ALL PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED FROM PDA. SOME
PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT CBU AND SOME WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR PART OF
THE MAINTENANCE WINDOW.



*DATE/TIME OF INITIAL IMPACT: *JUNE 05, 2024 1400Z



*DATE/TIME OF EXPECTED END: *JUNE 07, 2024 1800Z



*LENGTH OF EVENT:  *ESTIMATED TO BE 52 HOURS



*DETAILS/SPECIFICS OF CHANGE:*

ON JUNE 05, 2024 A CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS (COOP) ACTIVITY WILL TAKE PLACE
INITIATING A FAILOVER OF PDA OPERATIONS TO THE CONSOLIDATED BACKUP (CBU)
SITE IN FAIRMONT WV. THE TRANSITION TO THE CBU SITE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
BETWEEN 2 TO 4 HOURS. WHEN THE CBU PDA SYSTEM IS ACTIVE, DATA FROM THE NCCF
AND JPSS ENVIRONMENTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR USERS.



THIS WILL BE A PARTIAL ACTIVATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED BACKUP (CBU) SITE AT
FAIRMONT, WV. THE FAILOVER IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ORBIT
RECEIVED AFTER 1400Z ON JUNE 05 AND END WITH THE NEXT ORBIT RECEIVED AFTER
1400Z ON JUNE 07. THE EXACT TIMES OF THE FAILOVER WILL BE ANNOUNCED CLOSER
TO THE EVENT. IT IS NOTED THAT WHILE IN THIS DATA FAILOVER CONFIGURATION,
S-NPP, NOAA-20 AND GCOM-W1 DATA AND PRODUCTS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM
CBU FOR THE FAILOVER PERIOD OF ABOUT 48 HOURS. WHEN THE COOP TESTING HAS
COMPLETED, THE CONFIGURATION WILL BE RETURNED TO THE NOMINAL PDA OPS SYSTEM
AT NSOF



AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT GOES-R AND LEGACY DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NSOF.
NDE ON-PREM, JPSS1, JPSS2, SNPP, AND GCOM, DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE AT CBU.
FILES FROM NCCF, AND SOME PASSTHROUGH  DATA MAY BE AVAILABLE AT BOTH THE
NSOF AND CBU SITES. TO MAXIMIZE AVAILABLE DATA, WE ENCOURAGE USERS TO PULL
DATA FROM BOTH SITES DURING THE COOP EXERCISE. PULL USERS WILL BE SAFE TO
RETRIEVE DATA FROM BOTH SITES STARTING AT THE TIME OF PARTIAL FAILOVER AND
UNTIL ABOUT 1.5 HOURS AFTER FAILBACK END TIME WHILE THE FINAL NDE PRODUCTS
ARE CREATED AT CBU. THE TRANSITION BACK FROM THE CBU SITE TO THE NSOF SITE
IS EXPECTED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.



THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AWARENESS OF GENERAL DATES AND
DETAILS. IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOLLOW-ON NOTIFICATIONS WILL PROVIDE MORE
IN-DEPTH, PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR AVAILABILITY.



PDA STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP TROUBLESHOOT USERS    ISSUES WITH
FAILOVER FROM 0930 EDT / 1330 UTC UNTIL 1800 EDT / 2200 UTC ON WED JUNE 05
AND THU JUNE 06. PDA STAFF WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FRI JUNE 07 FROM 1000 EDT
/ 1400 UTC UNTIL 1400 EDT / 1800 UTC FOR TROUBLESHOOTING USERS    FAILBACK
ISSUES. EMAIL PDA_DHS@NOAA.GOV AND SOMEONE WILL PROVIDE THE GOOGLE MEET
DETAILS OR PHONE NUMBER.



A DECLARATION OF CRITICAL WEATHER (CWD) BEFORE OR DURING THIS EVENT WILL
NOT POSTPONE OR CHANGE THE DATE OF THE COOP. THE COOP DATE IS FIRM AND JPSS
DATA WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE AT CBU ON THOSE DATES.



*CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:* ESPC OPERATIONS AT
ESPCOPERATIONS@NOAA.GOV AND 301-817-3880.


*WEB SITE(S) FOR APPLICABLE INFORMATION: *N/A

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 MAY TAKE UP TO
TWO BUSINESS DAYS TO PROCESS YOUR UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST.
REPLYFORWARD


*DATE/TIME ISSUED: * APRIL 30, 2024 1745Z

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