Known issues

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Known Issues

Title Category Resolutionsort descending Description Posted Updated
Apptainer container builds fail on compute nodes due to /tmp namespace behavior Software Resolved
(workaround)

Building Apptainer containers on compute nodes may fail during apt update or other package operations...

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9 months 3 days ago 7 months 4 weeks ago
Problems with MVAPICH2 Owens, Ruby, Software Resolved

Some MVAPICH2 MPI installations on Oakley, Ruby, and Owens, such as the default module mvapich2/2.2 as well as mvapich2/2.1, appear to have a bug that is triggered by certain programs.  The...

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10 years 8 months ago 4 years 5 months ago
Jobs reports 'excessive memory usage' message Owens, Pitzer Resolved

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6 years 7 months ago 4 years 5 months ago
HCOLL-related failures in OpenMPI applications Cardinal, Software Resolved
(workaround)

Several applications using OpenMPI, including HDF5, Boost, Rmpi, ORCA, and CP2K, may fail with errors such as

mca_coll_hcoll_module_enable() coll_hcol: mca_coll_hcoll_save_coll_handlers...
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1 year 11 months ago 1 year 5 months ago
Brief interruption of services for some users filesystem Resolved

Today, May 14 2013, at 12:45PM we will be temporarily removing one of the home directory servers from service to address some reliability issues. Users with home...

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13 years 4 months ago 13 years 4 months ago
OnDemand has NOT been working with external providers since 08/22 OnDemand Resolved

Updates on 9:40AM August 23, 2017: this issue has been resolved. 

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Issue:

User can NOT login to OnDemand (ondemand.osc.edu)...

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9 years 1 month ago 9 years 1 month ago
Correction on OSC project restriction email Account Management Resolved

Updated:

OSC has resolved this morning's issue and reverted impacted projects back to an ACTIVE status. Queued jobs under those projects will be able to start once today's...

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5 years 3 months ago 5 years 3 months ago
Resolved: Home directory space Issue with MATLAB 2024a Software Resolved

Users may experience their home directory running out of space after executing multiple MATLAB 2024a jobs. This issue is caused by the accumulation of multiple copies of the MathWorks Service...

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1 year 4 months ago 1 year 4 months ago
Lustre Updates filesystem Resolved

9/10/14 - We have not seen any additional crashes of the Lustre servers since making this change.

8/26/14 
- Lustre jobs are being accepted as of 10AM this...

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12 years 1 month ago 12 years 1 month ago
MPI fails with UCX 1.18 Software Resolved
(workaround)

After the downtime on August 19, 2025, users may encounter UCX errors such as:

UCX ERROR no active messages transport to <no debug data>: self/memory -...
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1 year 1 month ago 1 year 19 hours ago

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