RMDS* Outage Type P = Planned U = Unplanned R= Release Events
Outages in Red have not yet taken place. Outages in Black have completed.
Other Years Outages – 2018 2017 2015 2014
| *P/U | From | To | Reason for Outage | Backlog Handling/Comments | MKT System Affected |
Jurisdiction Affected | Systems Undergoing Outage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 20/11/2016 09:00 |
20/11/2016 13:00 |
Upgrade of Oracle Database. | RMP Extranet shall be unavailable during the outage. | RMP Extranet | ROI Electricity Market | RMP Extranet |
| P | 19/11/2016 08:00 |
21/11/2016 06:00 |
NIE Networks Disaster Recovery Test. | Market Messages inbound and outbound will queue and be processed on resumption of normal service. | TIBCO Market Messaging System. Market Website (NI only). Secure Fileserver (NI only). |
NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO/Market Website (NI only) /Secure Fileserver (NI only) |
| P | 5/11/2016 08:00 |
5/11/2016 18:00 |
Upgrade of the TIBCO HUB Infrastructure. | Market Messages inbound and outbound will queue and be processed on resumption of normal service. |
TIBCO Market Messaging System | NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| P | 28/10/2016 20:00 |
30/10/2016 TBC |
Migration of infrastructure to Linux. | Messages inbound to Networks will queue in the central HUB and be processed on resumption of normal service. Facility to book appointments via RMP Extranet shall be unavailable during the outage. |
Retail Central Market System & RMP Extranet |
ROI Electricity Markets | SAP ISU & SAP PI |
| P | 08/10/2016 14:00 |
09/10/2016 13:00 |
To facilitate a Dress Rehearsal for the migration of infrastructure to Linux. | Messages inbound to Networks will queue and be processed on resumption of normal service. Facility to book appointments via RMP Extranet shall be unavailable during the outage. |
Retail Central Market System & RMP Extranet |
ROI Electricity Markets | SAP ISU |
| P | 11/09/2016 10:00 |
11/09/2016 13:00 |
TIBCO Hub maintenance outage to do a Reboot of TIBCO services as part of normal operations and hand-over. | During the period of the outage Market Messages will not be processed.
They will be queued and processed on resumption of normal services. |
TIBCO Market Messaging System | NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| P | 18/09/2016 08:00 |
18/09/2016 17:00 |
Site Switch | Messages inbound to Networks will queue in the central HUB and be processed on resumption of normal service | Retail Central Market System & RMP Extranet |
ROI Electricity Markets | SAP ISU and SAP PI |
| R | 05/08/2016 18:00 |
06/08/2016 19:00 |
TIBCO Upgrade Project (TUP) and MCR Cutover | N/A | TIBCO Market Messaging Solution ESBN and NIEN SAP-ISU RMP Extranet |
NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO Market Messaging Solution ESBN and NIEN SAP-ISU RMP Extranet |
| U | 19/06/2016 | 20/06/2016 | Unplanned Click System outage due to Planned Work on IT LAN Infrastructure on Sunday 19/06/2016 | Unable to book appointment via RMP Extranet. | RMP Extranet. | ROI Electricity Markets | Click |
| P | 22/05/2016 | 22/05/2016 | This is to facilitate a SAP Password Manager Upgrade . | During the period of the outage inbound messages to ESBN will be queued and processed on the resumption of normal service. | SAP ISU.
RMP Extranet |
ROI Electricity Markets | SAP |
| P | 15/05/2016 | 15/05/2016 | Perform housekeeping on TIBCO HUB | During the period of the outage Market Messages will not be processed. They will be queued and processed on resumption of normal services. |
TIBCO Market Messaging System | NI & ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| P | 15/05/2016 | 15/05/2016 | Facilitate Upgrade to ESB Corporate Firewall | During the period of the outage Market Messages from MPs to ESBN will not be processed, they will be queued and processed on resumption of normal services. No messages from ESBN will be sent during the period of the outage. Extranet will be unavailable |
Retail Central Market System/ RMP Extranet |
ROI Electricity Markets | ESB Corporate Firewall |
| U | 02/04/2016 | 02/04/2016 | Premises housing all TIBCO infrastructure has undergone a power Outage | TIBCO is currently down as is NIE back end systems. Suppliers in both jurisdictions can continue to send market messages. They will queue and be processed as soon as power is resumed and systems are back online. ROI CMS will continue to send outbound messages to Suppliers. All will queue and will be processed as soon as power is resumed and systems back online. Capita confirm that it appears all batch jobs running over night would have completed by the start of the outage with all associated messages having been sent by CMS’s and received by MPs |
TIBCO HUB
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NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| U | 29/03/2016 16:00 Approx. |
29/03/2016 | Under Investigation | Messages will queue until connectivity re-established | TIBCO HUB & SAP PI
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Under Investigation | TIBCO |
| P | 05/03/2016 08:30 |
05/03/2016 16:30 |
Planned Site Switch | Orders logged with appointments will queue in Workflow and will be dealt with immediately once Click is back online. Should the requested appointment slot be unavailable at that stage, a 137R market message (appointment rejection) will issue to the Supplier |
Central Market System/RMP Extranet.
(Messages Will Queue) |
ROI Electricity Markets | CLICK |
| P | 28/02/2016 10:00 |
28/02/2016 12:00 |
Apply security patch to network infrastructure-TIBCO HUB | Any queued messages will be processed once the system is back on-line. | TIBCO Market Messaging System | ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| P | 21/02/2016 10:00 |
21/02/2016 14:00 |
Perform housekeeping on TIBCO HUB | Any queued messages will be processed once the system is back on-line. | TIBCO Market Messaging System | NI &ROI Electricity Markets | TIBCO |
| P | 17/01/2016 14:30 |
17/01/2016 15:00 |
Routine Maintenance | Messages Inbound to ESB Networks will queue Extranet will be unavailable |
Central Market System
RMP Extranet (Full Outage) |
ROI Electricity Market | SAP |