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*UPDATE #9:* THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU
COOP EXERCISE IS COMPLETE. THE PDA TEAM WILL BEGIN TO FAIL BACK TO NSOF
OPERATIONS AROUND 18:45Z. THERE MAY BE INTERMITTENT CONNECTION ISSUES TO
CBU FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. WE WILL SEND OUT A FINAL NOTIFICATION WHEN
THE FAILBACK ACTIVITY AND CHECKOUT ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

*UPDATE #8:* THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU
COOP EXERCISE WILL BEGIN AT 1200Z AS PLANNED. SEE PAST UPDATES FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND INFORMATION.

*UPDATE #7:* THIS IS THE FINAL REMINDER FOR THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED
ONE DAY PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU COOP EXERCISE ON JUNE 25, 2025 FROM 1200Z
TO 2200Z



*UPDATE #6:* THE URL FOR THE PRODUCT AVAILABILITY LIST HAS BEEN CORRECTED
TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS;

HTTPS://SATEPSANONE.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV/PUB/TEMP/COOP2025_PRODUCT_LISTS_AND_LOCATION.TXT

PLEASE USE THIS LINK GOING FORWARD. ANY LINK THAT REFERENCES COOP2024
SHOULD NOT BE USED.



*UPDATE #5:* THIS IS A REMINDER FOR THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY
PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU COOP EXERCISE ON JUNE 25, 2025.



*UPDATE #4*: THIS IS THE 1 WEEK REMINDER FOR THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED
ONE DAY PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU COOP EXERCISE ON JUNE 25, 2025



*UPDATE #3:* 2025 ESPC COOP IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

A DECLARATION OF CRITICAL WEATHER (CWD) BEFORE OR DURING THIS EVENT MAY
CHANGE, POSTPONE, OR CANCEL THE DATE OF THE COOP EXERCISE.

THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING AND END DATE/TIME FOR THIS EXERCISE IS JUNE 25,
2025 @ ~1200Z UNTIL JUNE 25, 2025 @ ~2200Z.

THE LENGTH OF THIS COOP EXERCISE IS APPROXIMATELY ~10 HOURS.

THE PDA SUPPORT STAFF SUGGESTS THAT PULL CONSUMERS THAT DON   T NORMALLY
RECEIVE FILES FROM CBU TEST THOSE CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE.

GOES AND LEGACY DATA WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE PDA OPS.

DATA BEING RECEIVED FROM BOTH PDA CBU AND OPS WILL RESULT IN DUPLICATES AND
POSSIBLY CONSTRAIN BANDWIDTH. IF REQUESTED, PDA SUPPORT STAFF MAY HELP
USERS MODIFY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RECEIVE DATA FROM JUST ONE SITE, THUS
REDUCING DUPLICATES.

PDA CBU ONLY PRODUCTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 9 OMPS_LP PRODUCTS. SEE THE LINK
BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

A PRODUCT LIST INDICATING WHICH SITE OR SITES EACH PRODUCT IS AVAILABLE
FROM DURING THE COOP EXERCISE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING URL.

HTTPS://SATEPSANONE.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV/PUB/TEMP/COOP2025_PRODUCT_LISTS_AND_LOCATION.TXT



*UPDATE #2:* THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY
PARTIAL FAILOVER ACTIVITY IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 2025
BEGINNING @ 1200Z. SIXTEEN S-NPP  PRODUCTS; NINE OMPS-LP AND SIX TROPICAL
CYCLONE (TC) HAVE NOT YET TRANSITIONED TO NCCF AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE
FROM PDA AT THE CBU SITE. A DETAILED LIST OF THESE SIXTEEN PRODUCTS WILL BE
INCLUDED WITH A MORE EXTENSIVE PRODUCT LIST THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE
NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE DETAILS
SECTION BELOW.



*UPDATE #1*: THE DATE FOR THE 2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY PARTIAL
FAILOVER ACTIVITY HAS BEEN PUSHED TO WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 2025 @ 1200Z. ALL
OTHER DETAILS OF THE EXERCISE REMAIN THE SAME AS OUTLINED IN THE
NOTIFICATION BELOW.



*TOPIC:*  2025 PLANNED PDA LIMITED ONE DAY PARTIAL FAILOVER TO CBU COOP
EXERCISE ON JUNE 25, 2025



*DATE/TIME ISSUED:*  JUNE 25, 2025 1848Z



*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 25, 2025 1200Z



*DATE/TIME OF EXPECTED END:* JUNE 25, 2025 2200Z



*LENGTH OF EVENT:*  ESTIMATED TO BE 10 HOURS



*DETAILS/SPECIFICS OF CHANGE:*

ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 2025 A SINGLE DAY 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 1 TO 2 HOURS. WHEN THE CBU PDA SYSTEM IS
ACTIVE,  PRODUCTS FROM THE NCCF ENVIRONMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE THERE.

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 1200Z ON JUNE 25 AND END WITH THE NEXT ORBIT RECEIVED AFTER
1800Z ON JUNE 25. IT IS NOTED THAT THE S-NPP, NOAA-20 AND GCOM-W1 DATA AND
PRODUCTS WILL HAVE TRANSITIONED TO NCCF AND BE AVAILABLE FROM EITHER OR
BOTH SITES. FOR DATA THAT IS BOTH AVAILABLE FROM THE PRIMARY AND BACKUP
SITES, USERS THAT PDA PUSHES TO WILL RECEIVE DATA FROM BOTH SITES
(DUPLICATES). WHEN THE COOP TESTING HAS COMPLETED, THE CONFIGURATION WILL
BE RETURNED TO THE NOMINAL PDA OPS SYSTEM AT NSOF.

GOES-R AND LEGACY DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NSOF. 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 THROUGH THE
COMPLETION OF THE FAILBACK ACTIVITY. THE FAILBACK ACTIVITY FROM THE CBU
SITE TO THE NSOF SITE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.



PDA STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP TROUBLESHOOT USERS    ISSUES WITH
FAILOVER FROM 1330Z UNTIL 1700Z ON WED JUNE 25. PDA STAFF WILL ALSO BE
AVAILABLE WED JUNE 25 FROM 2000Z UNTIL 2200Z FOR ASSISTING WITH USERS
FAILBACK ISSUES. EMAIL PDA_DHS@NOAA.GOV AND A PDA SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER WILL
PROVIDE THE GOOGLE MEET DETAILS OR PHONE NUMBER.

A DECLARATION OF CRITICAL WEATHER (CWD) BEFORE OR DURING THIS EVENT MAY
CHANGE, POSTPONE OR CANCEL THE DATE OF THE COOP. JPSS DATA WILL BE
AVAILABLE FROM EITHER SITE AS IT IS PLANNED TO BE DELIVERED VIA NCCF TO
BOTH NSOF OPS AND THE CBU BACKUP SITES.



THIS NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO ESPC.NOTIFICATION@NOAA.GOV MAILING LIST. IF
YOU WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE OR SUBSCRIBE TO THIS LIST, PLEASE CONTACT ESPC
HELP-DESK AT ESPCOPERATIONS@NOAA.GOV WITH YOUR REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE: IT MAY
TAKE UP TO TWO BUSINESS DAYS TO PROCESS YOUR REQUEST. FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION YOU CAN REACH ESPC AT 301-817-3880 (24X7)

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