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NEWS! Further change to transition plan. Expected main service disruptions updated. Change to original transition plan. Expected main service disruptions updated. Further update to transition plan will be provided by end of October. |
Transition plan
The Data Handling System (DHS), providing the MARS and ECFS services, needs to be moved to Bologna before the new Atos HPCF will produce an increased archive load. A detailed migration timeline is shown in the transition plan below where all events are relative to day D, the day when the MARS and ECFS service will stop accessing the Main-DHS-Reading. Instead the MARS and ECFS service will be provided by a temporary DHS which has been pre-filled with data necessary to continue operational and time-critical activities at ECMWF, with the aim to minimise the impact of the DHS move. After 6 days we will start filling the new Main-DHS-Blank with the data from the Temporary-DHS-prod and from the Main-DHS-Reading. At the end of the DHS-Move, expected to take 28 days, a new main DHS will become operational in Bologna. In preparation of the DHS move we will conduct a number of dry-runs during which the access to the main DHS in Reading will be blocked. The purpose of the dry runs is to verify that the Temporary-DHS does contain all essential data necessary to continue all critical activities during the move. Some of the dry-runs will last for 1-2 days. Two longer dry-runs, lasting 5-7 days, the second one expected to happen 4 weeks before the move, will help to establish the exact date of day D.
Main service disruptions
The table below gives an indication of disruptions to the MARS and ECFS service foreseen as part of the DHS-Move.
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| Dry-run 1 |
| December 2021, TBC | 12 hours | access limited to available data |
| Dry-run 2 |
| December 2021, TBC | 24 hours | access limited to available data | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Reduced service dry-run |
| 1 month before the DHS-Move, TBC | 5-7 days | access limited to available data |
| DHS-Move |
| late February / early March 2022, TBC | 28 days | access limited to available data, all archive content becoming gradually available again during the move |
Summary of impact by user group
This table highlights how specific user groups will be affected by the DHS-Move. See further below for more details on the availability of specific data.
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| Member State User (fully registered computer user) | mars-client/WebAPI/ECFS - Access limited to available data |
| Web User (registered by MS) | WebAPI - Access limited to available data |
| Commercial and research user (maxch*, comarc*, resarc*, nm*) | WebAPI - No access to historical operational data and IFS research experiments |
| Public users | WebAPI - No access to public datasets (TIGGE, S2S, etc.) |
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Commercial users (comarc_*) with a valid licence during the outage will have the equivalent length of the outage added to their existing contract length. Users may also opt to terminate their licence with 4 weeks notice. |
Impact to MARS service
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The following list of available data, not expected to be impacted during dry-runs and the DHS-Move, will be updated in light of further migration progress:
The following services are not expected to be impacted by dry-runs and the DHS-Move:
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Any data not listed as available during dry-runs and the DHS-Move will not be accessible, in particular:
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Impact to ECFS service
During dry-runs and the DHS-Move ECFS will be impacted as follows:
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The following list of available data, not expected to be impacted during dry-runs and the DHS-Move, will be updated in light of further migration progress:
The following services are not expected to be impacted by dry-runs and the DHS-Move:
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The following services/data will not be available during dry-runs and the DHS-Move:
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Recommended user action
- Users of MARS and ECFS are urged to check if and how their work might be affected by the DHS-Move and plan accordingly.
- Major changes to production processes etc. are best avoided during this period. For some activities the best course of action might be to avoid the migration period entirely...
- ECMWF computer users missing access to data for any critical activity during the DHS-Move should contact us at their earliest convenience with their requirements via the ECMWF Support Portal.