NBT run the tracing service which we piggyback on to. It is run on server nbsvr325 . We access the service via two mounted shares on systems-live.renalregistry.northbristol.local .
//nbsvr325/DBS2_DATA/OUTBOX/DBS/DBS002 100G 34G 66G 34% /mnt/nhs-tracing/outbox //nbsvr325/DBS2_DATA/INBOX/DBS/DBS002 100G 34G 66G 34% /mnt/nhs-tracing/inbox
We add tracing files to the inbox and any response file will appear in the outbox. The file in the inbox is deleted when it is submitted. NBT have struggled to enable us to have delete rights in the outbox since the server was rebuilt so we currently cannot delete returned files.
On the nbsvr325 the files are processed via two scheduled jobs:
The jobs submit every hour at half past the hour and pick up every hour on the hour. So the minimum turn around is 30 minutes if you hit the scheduled times.
Issues occur when the scheduled jobs stop or less frequently the DBS certificate expires. This last happened in October 2020 and the not from NHS digital said "Normally these certificates expire after 3 years, but due to the sub CA expiring early so will this one , on the 27th June 2022"
Documentation on the software used can be found here http://nww.hscic.gov.uk/demographics/dbs/guidance/
Installation documentation for the windows setup used is: