Known issues

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Known Issues

Title Category Resolutionsort ascending Description Posted Updated
Error when downloading SRA data on computing nodes Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved
(workaround)

NCBI blocks any connection from computing nodes because they are behind firewalls. Thus OSC users cannot use SRA tools to download data "on-the-fly" at runtime on computing nodes, e.g. 'fastq-dump...

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7 years 1 month ago 1 year 3 months ago
Logging into Globus with OSC credentials is broken Outage Resolved

Updated on 06/10/2022:

This is fixed.

Original post:

OSC clients can't log into ...

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4 years 3 months ago 4 years 3 months ago
'quota' command does not work on GPFS system software Resolved

The 'quota' command does not provide any information about file quotas on the GPFS filesystem. Until we fix this issue, please look at your file system usage in the message printed when you log in...

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13 years 2 weeks ago 10 years 1 month ago
Annual Allocation Balances Incorrect client portal Resolved

Balances for annual allocations projects are wrong in my.osc.edu and on the OSCusage command; usage information is correct. Individual communications to PIs have been sent; more information to...

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6 years 10 months ago 6 years 8 months ago
DOWNTIME EXTENDED UNTIL MORNING OF 12/13/17 Resolved

We have extended the 12/12/2017 downtime until 7AM on 12/13/17 to complete filesystem maintenance that has taken longer than expected.

8 years 9 months ago 8 years 9 months ago
Multi-node job hang with ORCA 5 Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved
(workaround)

You may experience a multi-node job hang if the job runs into a module that requires heavy I/O, e.g., MP2 or CCSD. Additionally, it potentially leads to our GPFS performance issue. We have...

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2 years 5 months ago 1 year 4 months 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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3 months 1 week ago 2 months 2 weeks ago
Issue when loading multiple Fluent or ANSYS modules simultaneously Software Resolved

Due to the way our Fluent and ANSYS modules are configured, simultaneously loading multiple of either module will cause a cryptic error.  The most common case of this happening is when multiple of...

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11 years 11 months ago 10 years 10 months ago
Rolling reboots of Owens cluster, starting from Feb 18, 2021 Owens Resolved

Updated on March 2:

This is completed.

Original Post:

We will have rolling reboots of Owens cluster including login and compute nodes,...

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5 years 6 months ago 5 years 6 months ago
Client Portal: Intermittent Outages Account Management, Account/Shell, Login Problems, Outage Resolved

We are experiencing infrastructure issue on the servers that host the Client Portal (my.osc.edu).

Outages are intermittent.

We apologize for the...

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7 years 7 months ago 7 years 2 months ago

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