Market Notices

Change Number: CHG0039963

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Firewall

Change Title: Planned Software Upgrade - QLD External MarketNet Firewall

Change Start Date & Time: 11/08/2016 09:30:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 11/08/2016 14:30:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 11/08/2016 09:30:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 11/08/2016 12:30:00 AEST

Change Description:

Vendor recommended the software upgrade be applied to mitigate a number of software bugs and vulnerabilities that may compromise the stability of the firewall.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Participants connected via Telstra IPWAN - MarketNet IPWAN will experience at least one disruption lasting 30 seconds as testing is performed from IPWAN post upgrade.

Participants connected via Lan-2-Lan VPN - Participant connected to the QLD VPN gateway (202.44.76.10) will experience 3 disruptions lasting 30 seconds each.
To avoid disruptions, please connect via the NSW VPN gateway (202.44.78.10) prior to the 10 August 2016.

Participants connected via Remote Access VPN (VPN Variable) - who utilise an AEMO RSA token and the AEMO VPN client software to establish their VPN via the AEMO QLD datacenter VPN termination point (202.44.76.8)
will experience three disruptions lasting 30 seconds each.
Participants are advised to establish their VPN client software connections via the alternate AEMO NSW datacenter VPN endpoint (202.44.78.8) prior to this scheduled outage.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0039949

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Real Time Network

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - Optus Planned - AEMO NSW Internet link Scheduled Outage

Change Start Date & Time: 02/08/2016 00:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 02/08/2016 06:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time:

Outage End Date & Time:

Change Description:

Planned Telco Maintenance. Optus have a planned outage which will affect the AEMO NSW Internet link.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Impacts and User Requirements

The following impacts are expected to participant connectivity during this planned outage:

IPWAN Participants - IPWAN Participants - Nil

Lan-2-Lan VPN Participants - Up to 20 minutes to participants whom have established their VPN connection/s via the AEMO NSW datacenter termination point (202.44.78.10)
Note: Participants are encouraged to ensure their VPN connections are already established or are configured (as per AEMO best practice) to automatically failover to the alternate AEMO QLD datacenter termination point (202.44.76.10) prior to this scheduled outage.

Remote Access VPN Participants - Up to 20 minutes to participants who utilise an AEMO RSA token and the AEMO VPN client software to establish their VPN via the AEMO NSW datacenter VPN termination point (202.44.78.8)
Note: Participants are encouraged to establish their VPN client software connections via the alternate AEMO QLD datacenter VPN endpoint (202.44.76.8) prior to this scheduled outage.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Due to some unforeseen issues, this change is not going ahead as communicated earlier.

Please be advised the updated dates will be communicated once planned. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.


Change Number: CHG0039839

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Cancelled

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Gas Supply Hub

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - Gas Supply Hub Production Site Transfer - Cancelled

Change Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 19:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 21:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 19:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 20:00:00 AEST

Change Description:

The Gas Supply Hub Production System is to be transferred to the alternate site to support maintenance activities (QLD to NSW)

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

All access to the Gas Supply Hub (Exchange Trading System) will be unavailable during the outage period. Please access outside this outage period.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Due to some unforeseen issues, this change is not going ahead as communicated earlier.

Please be advised the updated dates will be communicated once planned. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Change Number: CHG0039804

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Cancelled

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Electricity Market Management System

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - Electricity MMS Production Site Transfer (From QLD to NSW) - Cancelled

Change Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 13:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time:

Outage End Date & Time:

Change Description:

The EMMS Production System is to be transferred to the alternate site to support EMMS maintenance activities.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

The transfer is not expected to have any impact, however there may be disconnections to the AEMO Web Portal. Participants are reminded that this activity is not without risk and therefore if an electricity market system issue is identified after the transfer it should be reported to AEMO.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0039804

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Electricity Market Management System

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - Electricity MMS Production Site Transfer (From QLD to NSW)

Change Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 13:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 14:00:00 AEST


Outage Start Date & Time:

Outage End Date & Time:


Change Description:

The EMMS Production System is to be transferred to the alternate site to support EMMS maintenance activities.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

The transfer is not expected to have any impact, however there may be disconnections to the AEMO Web Portal. Participants are reminded that this activity is not without risk and therefore if an electricity market system issue is identified after the transfer it should be reported to AEMO.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0039839

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Gas Supply Hub

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - Gas Supply Hub Production Site Transfer

Change Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 19:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 21:00:00 AEST


Outage Start Date & Time: 26/07/2016 19:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 26/07/2016 20:00:00 AEST


Change Description:

The Gas Supply Hub Production System is to be transferred to the alternate site to support maintenance activities (QLD to NSW)

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

All access to the Gas Supply Hub (Exchange Trading System) will be unavailable during the outage period. Please access outside this outage period.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Due to some unforeseen issues, this change was not implemented as planned before on 11th July 2016. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Change Number: CHG0039788

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Update

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Wide Area Network

Change Title: Planned System Outage due to maintenance on QLD Internet link (Updated Timeline)

Change Start Date & Time: 20/07/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 20/07/2016 11:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 20/07/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 20/07/2016 11:00:00 AEST

Change Description:

The AEMO QLD data center internet telecommunications service will experience an outage as part of an upgraded to this service.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Impacts and User Requirements

The following impacts are expected to participant connectivity during this planned outage:

IPWAN Participants - IPWAN Participants - Nil

Lan-2-Lan VPN Participants - Upto 4 x 2 minutes to participants whom have established their VPN connection/s via the AEMO QLD datacenter termination point (202.44.76.10)
Note: Participants are encouraged to ensure their VPN connections are already established or are configured (as per AEMO best practice) to automatically failover to the alternate AEMO NSW datacenter termination point (202.44.78.10) prior to this scheduled outage.

Remote Access VPN Participants - Upto 4 x 2 minutes to participants who utilise an AEMO RSA token and the AEMO VPN client software to establish their VPN via the AEMO QLD datacenter VPN termination point (202.44.76.8)
Note: Participants are encouraged to establish their VPN client software connections via the alternate AEMO NSW datacenter VPN endpoint (202.44.78.8) prior to this scheduled outage.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0039818

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Energy Forecasting Web Portal

Change Title: Planned System Outage to the Energy Forecasting Web Portal

Change Start Date & Time: 15/07/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 15/07/2016 13:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 15/07/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 15/07/2016 12:00:00 AEST


Change Description:

Update of Forecasting Interactive Website (http://forecasting.aemo.com.au) with usability enhancements and support for previous years forecasts.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Forecasting Interactive Website and associated Administration Webpage may not be available during the deployment window. Users need to try accessing the website after the deployment is completed as mentioned in the timeline.

Support Information:

Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0039787

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Gas Supply Hub

Change Title: Planned System Outage - Gas Supply Hub Pre-production

Change Start Date & Time: 14/07/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 14/07/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 14/07/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 14/07/2016 14:00:00 AEST


Change Description:

Maintenance is performed on Gas Supply Hub periodically to improve security, reliability and performance.

Environment: Pre-Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

All access to the Preproduction Gas Supply Hub (Exchange Trading System) will be unavailable during the outage period.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.