Known issues

Unresolved known issues

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Resolved known issues

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A known issue with Resolved Resolution state has been corrected.

Known Issues

Title Category Resolutionsort descending Description Posted Updated
Unavailability of intel channel among the conda channel list: Software Resolved

If you are getting an error: 

UnavailableInvalidChannel: HTTP 403 FORBIDDEN for channel intel <...

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2 years 4 weeks ago 2 years 4 weeks ago
STAR-CCM+ OpenMPI Job Failed due to Out-of-Memory Cardinal, Software Resolved
(workaround)

After the scheduled downtime on May 12, 2026, STAR-CCM+ has been encountering out-of-memory errors when running OpenMPI jobs. A message similar to the following...

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4 months 1 week ago 3 months 2 weeks ago
Brief disruption to external network, 2013/12/29 Connectivity Resolved

Between 5:00AM and 9:00AM EDT on Sunday,...

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12 years 9 months ago 12 years 9 months ago
Problems with GPFS filesystem, and OnDemand is not working filesystem Resolved

Updates on 12:00pm June 10:

The issue is fixed. All impacted services return to production.

We apologize for the inconvience. If you have any questions, please...

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5 years 4 months ago 5 years 4 months ago
Rolling reboot of Owens cluster, starting from Monday, April 16, 2018 Owens Resolved

12:00 PM 5/7/2018 Update:

The rolling reboot of Owens has been completed. 

Posted on April 11, 2018, at 3:45...

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8 years 6 months ago 8 years 5 months ago
Instability on Clusters after May 13 Downtime Resolved

We've been experiencing some instability on the clusters (particularly Cardinal and Ascend) following the recent May 13 downtime, especially with parallel job processing. If you notice any unusual...

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1 year 4 months ago 1 year 4 months ago
Replacement of Owens Ethernet switches from Dec 14, 2018 Network, Owens Resolved

Updated on Jan 16, 2019, at 09:20 AM:

The replacement is done except for the three switches including the login nodes of Owens. We posted another notice for more...

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8 years 3 weeks ago 7 years 8 months ago
Poor performance with hybrid MPI+OpenMPI jobs and more than 4 MPI Tasks on multiple nodes Software Resolved
(workaround)

RELION versions prior to 5 may exhibit suboptimal performance in hybrid MPI+OpenMP jobs when the number of MPI tasks exceeds four across multiple nodes.

Workaround...

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1 year 2 months ago 1 year 2 months ago
Problems with Project Space (/nfs/gpfs) filesystem Resolved

(9/8/15 14:21 Eastern) Project space appears to be back to normal operation. We are running some tests to verify that the problem is fully resolved.


As of early afternoon, Sept. 8,...

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11 years 1 month ago 11 years 1 month ago
Intermittent home directory performance issues filesystem Resolved

Users may experience performance issues in home directory. It is recommended to use temporary directory ($TMPDIR, or scratch) or project storage to minimize the impact on...

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3 years 3 months ago 3 years 2 months ago

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