On Aug. 28, 2024, ASX announced business continuity testing in the production ASX 24 environment, including failover from ALC to SDC, will take place on Jun. 28, 2025.
ASX will release a further notice closer to the date detailing the schedule and what is expected of participants prior, to prepare for the test and on the day of the test itself.
On Dec. 17, ASX confirmed date for business continuity testing.
ASX advised it will conduct business continuity test in production ASX 24 environment.
Including failover from primary ASX data centre (ALC) to secondary data centre (SDC).
Confirms date as Feb. 19, 2022; all trading participants expected to participate in test.
ASX will release a further notice closer to the date detailing the schedule and what is expected of participants prior to prepare for the test and on the day of the test itself.
Feb. 2023 ASX 24 Further Testing
On Feb. 28, 2023, ASX said business continuity test in production ASX 24 environment which was initially scheduled for Mar. 25, 2023, will take place on Apr. 29, 2023.
Said that this is due to Cboe AST's platform upgrade having been rescheduled to Mar. 25, 2023 (#154548); ASX 24 business continuity test will include component failover.
Failover from the primary ASX data centre (ALC) to the Secondary Data Centre (SDC).
ASX stated that it is expected that all trading participants will participate in the test.
Said it will release a further notice closer to the date detailing the schedule and what is expected of participants prior, to prepare for the test and on the day of the test itself.
Apr. 2023 Continuity Testing Instructions
On Apr. 3, 2023, ASX reminded it will conduct a business continuity test in production ASX 24 environment on Apr. 29, 2023; expects all trading participants to participate.
Registrations via appendix 1 should be completed and returned to ASX customer technical support (CTS) by close of business on Apr. 21, 2023 to confirm participation.
It will not accept any registrations/confirmations of any connections to be used in the test beyond this date; in addition, said the test is limited to ASX 24 connections.
ASX said that there will be no access to Genium Clearing during the test period.
Access to ASX 24 multicast data protocol (MDP) will be enabled for test; MDP users who do not wish to participate should ensure their sessions remain disconnected.
That is, disconnected after ASX 24 end of day processes commence on Apr. 29, 2023 until conclusion of testing and rollback is completed, ready for the earlier system start-up time of 13:00 Apr. 30, 2023; included related instructions on configuration changes.
Said that trading date for transactions performed during the test will be Apr. 29, 2023.
ASX's notice also includes table of testing schedule; said that on completion of test, customers must email CTS their test status, advising of either a successful completion or a list of outstanding issues; also, confirmations should be sent no later than 17:00.
Said that ASX 24 platform will start up earlier than usual on Apr. 30, 2023 at 13:00.
This is to facilitate any early connectivity testing; also suggested that, where required, test participants liaise with their vendors prior to the test in order to ensure readiness.
Aug. 2024 Scheduled Testing in 2025
On Aug. 28, 2024, ASX announced business continuity testing in the production ASX 24 environment, including failover from ALC to SDC, will take place on Jun. 28, 2025.
ASX will release a further notice closer to the date detailing the schedule and what is expected of participants prior, to prepare for the test and on the day of the test itself.
Regulators
ASX
Entity Types
B/D; Corp; Depo; Exch
Reference
Nt 0982.24.08, 8/28/2024; Nt 0284.23.04, 4/3/2023; Nt 0157.23.02, 2/28/2023; Nt 1751.20.12, 12/17/2021
