Business Continuity Management – Systems Unavailability test date
Clearstream’s philosophy is to constantly improve products and services and we will continue doing so during our annual disaster test this year. This also applies to the Business Continuity Management programme. As part of this programme, we will again be offering customers the possibility to participate in our Business Continuity Management (BCM) test planned for
Saturday, 7 October 2023
On that day, we shall simulate the unavailability of one of Clearstream’s production data centres. During the course of the test, Clearstream systems will be run in contingency mode, which will apply also to the real-time processing (RTP) period. Customers will have the opportunity to participate in the test between 13:00 and 15:00 (CEST) to validate their connectivity and processing. Customers will also be able to access the T2/T2S platforms between 13:00 and 15:00 (CEST).
All data input during the test will be processed. Normal processing will continue with the RTP period starting at 21:05 (CEST) Sunday, 8 October 2023.
In view of the circumstances of the test, all timings quoted here can only be approximate.
Timeline of events
Normal processing | |||
Friday 06.10.23 | 20:00 |
| Both data centres |
Start of test | |||
Saturday 07.10.23 | 07:00 |
| Remaining data centre |
13:00 – 15:00 |
| Remaining data centre | |
Saturday 07.10.23 | 15:00 |
| Both data centres |
End of test | |||
Sunday 08.10.23 | 21:05 |
| Both data centres |
Customers who would like to participate in the test are kindly asked to provide a contact person that can be reached if necessary. Please indicate the name, telephone, fax and email details of this person.
Customers can also consider using their own backup site.
More information is available in the Questions & Answers document which is provided below for Premium Users only.