RIS will be performing scheduled system maintenance beginning at 9:00 AM CST on March 5.
❓ Why: IBM GPFS will be upgraded to 5.2.3.5. These updates will fix existing issues, making our storage system faster, safer, and more reliable.
During this maintenance window, the following services will be affected:
| ❗️Impacted Services | Maintenacne Window | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Storage1 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST Thursday, March 5 | NFS and SMB services on Storage1 will be unavailable during this window due to GPFS upgrades. |
| Compute2 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST Thursday, March 5 | The Compute2 cluster will be unavailable due to Storage1 maintenance and InfiniBand network updates. All running jobs will be terminated at 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 5. All pending jobs will be paused, and queues will be closed during the maintenance period. |
| Compute1 | 9:00 AM CST on Thursday, March 5 – 9:00 PM CDT on Sunday, March 8 | The Compute1 cluster will be unavailable for the entire GPFS upgrade maintenance period. All running jobs will be terminated at 9:00 AM on March 5. All queues will be closed/inactive starting at 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 5. Please ensure any critical work is completed or rescheduled before the maintenance start time. |
| ✅ Unimpacted Services |
|---|
| Access to Storage2 and Storage3 via SMB or Globus will not be affected |
Have questions? Contact us at the RIS Service Desk.