The following systems/applications will be impacted for up to the entire duration of the change window:
Retail Service Provider (RSP – Customer) impacts:
• Chorus Portal (SSP): Maintenance pages enabled.
• Chorus Portal B2B: Maintenance response enabled.
• Fibre - Place API: Users will be unable to use the Place API to search for an address or location, retrieve a Place ID, request site information, view active products, open fibre orders and ONTs at the address or location.
• Fibre - Product Offering API: Users will be unable to use the Product Offering API to view available products at an address.
• Fibre - Order Feasibility API: Users will be unable to use the Order feasibility API to request a feasible check at an address or location.
• Fibre -Manage Order API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Order API to create, amend or cancel an order, and will be unable to retrieve attachments or notifications relating to an order via this API.
• Fibre - Manage Appointment API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Appointment API to check site visit and Ready For Service (RFS) appointment availability, reserve or reschedule site visits, reschedule RFS appointments or retrieve appointment details.
• Overnight ONT data into Chorus Portal will be impacted and not updated until the change has been completed.
• Assurance Website/Assurance API: Users will be unable to test Fibre services, however users will still be able to lodge fibre faults.
• Line Test API: Fibre line testing functionality will be unavailable.
Service Company Impacts:
Chorus Portal: Maintenance page enabled
TechMate: Users will be unable to test Fibre services. When searching on a Fibre ASID. error code 99 “Timeout, Server busy."
Netmap: Users may receive an error while carrying out feasibility requests.
WRM Impacts:
• RSP Initiated Appointments Management Unavailable – Fibre Fulfil
• RSP Initiated Work Request Management Unavailable – Fibre Fulfil
• RSP/Chorus Initiated Customer Order Management Unavailable
• Fibre COM initiated notification to Service Companies will not occur.
• Service Company based customer order updates from WRM to FCOM on to RSPs will be impacted.
• Work Request Manager Fibre Fulfil Updates to FCOM(are not impacted unless components in the COM are unavailable)
This emergency change is required to carry out a software rollback on a backend system.
Posted on
Sep 17, 2024 - 14:08 NZST
The following systems will be unavailable for up to 3 hours during the change window. However, in the event of a rollback the entire duration of the change window may be utilised.
• Chorus Portal (SSP): Maintenance page/response will be displayed.
• Chorus Portal B2B: Maintenance page/response will be displayed.
• Fibre - Place API: Users will be unable to search for an address or location, retrieve a Place ID, request site information, view active products, open fibre orders and ONTs at the address or location.
• Fibre – Product Offering API: Users will be unable to view available products at an address.
• Fibre – Order Feasibility API: Users will be unable to request a feasible check at an address or location.
• Fibre – Manage Order API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Order API to create, amend or cancel an order, and will be unable to retrieve attachments or notifications relating to an order via this API.
• Fibre – Manage Appointment API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Appointment API to check site visit and Ready For Service (RFS) appointment availability, reserve or reschedule site visits, reschedule RFS appointments or retrieve appointment details.
• Assurance Website/Assurance API: Users may be unable to log, view or manage Fibre & Copper faults and will be unable to perform any tests on Fibre & Copper services.
• Line Test API: Fibre & Copper line testing functionality may be unavailable.
• RMP (Remote Management Platform) & RMS Config API - Users will not be able to Provision, Assure, view or configure the status of an RGW ONT (generation 3, 4 and Hyperfibre ONT).
• Address Lookup API – Will be unavailable.
• Broadband Availability API - Will be unavailable.
• Broadband Checker Business API – Will be unavailable.
• Overnight ONT data load into Chorus Portal may be unavailable.
• Wireline/OOT & Wireline B2B may be unavailable.
• Chorus eSPM: Copper line testing functionality may be unavailable.
• Network Events Portal and Network Events API: Any new, update or clearance may not display.
• Planned and Unplanned Network Event Notifications (Whispir) may be impacted and will queue and process once connectivity is restored.
• Chorus Billing Portal (billing.chorus.co.nz) - users will be unable to raise or view Disputes and/or Enquiries for the duration of the planned outage.
• Network Performance Portal and API: The Portal will remain available for the duration of the change, however new events and existing event updates will not be visible until after the change is completed.
• Chorus Portal EMMA (Portal Emulator) - Maintenance page enabled
• EMMA B2B - Maintenance page enabled
• EMMA Fibre - Place API: Users will be unable to search for an address or location, retrieve a Place ID, request site information, view active products, open fibre orders and ONTs at the address or location.
• EMMA Fibre – Product Offering API: Users will be unable to view available products at an address.
• EMMA Fibre – Order Feasibility API: Users will be unable to request a feasible check at an address or location.
• EMMA Fibre – Manage Order API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Order API to create, amend or cancel an order, and will be unable to retrieve attachments or notifications relating to an order via this API.
• EMMA Fibre – Manage Appointment API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Appointment API to check site visit and Ready For Service (RFS) appointment availability, reserve or reschedule site visits, reschedule RFS appointments or retrieve appointment details.
• TechMate: Copper and fibre line testing will be unavailable.
• SCA (Service Company Appliance): Unavailable
• SAP: Service Partners will not be able to use inventory management (ordering of Spares) or carry out other activities via SAP.
• Netmap: Users may receive errors or while carrying out feasibility requests.
WRM:
• Appointment Failures – Assurance
• Appointment Failures – Fulfil
• Work Request Failures – Assurance
• Work Request Failures – Fulfil
• Customer Order Failures
• Service Company Notifications (Outbound)
• Service Company Notifications (Inbound)
• WRM updates for Assurance
• WRM updates for Fulfil
• Service Company Reschedules
• Service Company Capacity Updates
• Campaign Management
• Re-allocations
• View Work / Task
• Update work / schedule allocation
• Data Extracts
Where service faults present a civil or medical emergency, Chorus standard escalation procedures apply.
This change is required for security improvements on a backend system.
Posted on
Aug 29, 2024 - 10:59 NZST
Retail Service Provider (RSP – Customer) impacts:
The following systems will be unavailable for up to 4 hours during the change window. However, in the event of a rollback the entire duration of the change window may be utilised.
• Chorus Portal EMMA (Portal Emulator) - Maintenance page enabled
• EMMA B2B - Maintenance page enabled
• EMMA Fibre - Place API: Users will be unable to search for an address or location, retrieve a Place ID, request site information, view active products, open fibre orders and ONTs at the address or location.
• EMMA Fibre – Product Offering API: Users will be unable to view available products at an address.
• EMMA Fibre – Order Feasibility API: Users will be unable to request a feasible check at an address or location.
• EMMA Fibre – Manage Order API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Order API to create, amend or cancel an order, and will be unable to retrieve attachments or notifications relating to an order via this API.
• EMMA Fibre – Manage Appointment API: Users will be unable to use the Manage Appointment API to check site visit and Ready For Service (RFS) appointment availability, reserve or reschedule site visits, reschedule RFS appointments or retrieve appointment details.
This planned outage is required to deploy a software release on a supporting system.
Posted on
Sep 17, 2024 - 16:17 NZST