Known issues

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Known Issues

Titlesort descending Category Resolution Description Posted Updated
OpenMPI 4 and NVHPC MPI Compatibility Issues with SLURM HWLOC Ascend, Cardinal, Software Resolved
(workaround)

A pure MPI application using mpirun or mpiexec with more ranks than the number of NUMA nodes may encounter an error similar to the following:... Read more

3 months 2 weeks ago 2 weeks 2 days ago
OpenMPI job stopped at 'There are not enough slots available in the system to satisfy the slots' Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved

Users would encounter a MPI job failed with openmpi/3.1.0-hpcx on Owens and Pitzer. The job would stop with the error  like "There are not enough slots available in the system to... Read more

4 years 11 months ago 4 years 10 months ago
OpenMPI-HPCX 4.1.x hangs on writing files on a shared file system Software Resolved
(workaround)

Your job utilizing openmpi/4.1.x-hpcx (or 4.1.x on Ascend) might hang while writing files on a shared file system. This issue is caused by a ... Read more

1 month 4 weeks ago 1 month 4 weeks ago
openmpi/4.1.1 is deprecated Resolved

openmpi/4.1.1-hpcx will be removed on November 29th, 2022 due to InfiniBand drivers (MOFED) update. Please use compatible and bug-fixed version 'openmpi/4.1.2-hpcx' to run ORCA or your MPI... Read more

2 years 7 months ago 2 years 7 months ago
ORCA Bind to CORE Failure Software Resolved
(workaround)

The default CPU binding for ORCA jobs can fail sporadically.  The failure is almost immediate and produces a cryptic error message, e.g.:

... Read more          
2 years 2 months ago 1 month 3 weeks ago
OSC internal network problems 25 Sept. 2020 Network, Owens, Pitzer, Ruby, Web Services Resolved

OSC is currently experiencing problems with its internal network.  Interactive sessions may be slow or unresponsive, but running jobs should not be affected.

4 years 9 months ago 4 years 9 months ago
OSC is experiencing a very high support load Operations Resolved

OSC is currently experiencing a very high customer ticket load. Please allow extra time for analysts to get to your issue. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your continued support... Read more

4 years 3 days ago 3 years 11 months ago
OSC OnDemand is not responsive OnDemand Resolved

OSC OnDemand is not responsive now. We are investigating the problem now. Please use other ways like ssh to connect to OSC HPC systems. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause... Read more

5 years 4 months ago 5 years 4 months ago
OSC Service Outage Notification Outage Resolved

We are currently experiencing outages affecting multiple services, including OnDemand (ondemand.osc.edu) and login nodes of HPC systems. Our team is actively investigating and working to resolve... Read more

3 weeks 6 hours ago 2 weeks 6 days ago
OSC will remove Jupyter MATLAB Kernel Cardinal, OnDemand Resolved

OSC will remove the default MATLAB Jupyter Kernel on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025. To create your own Jupyter MATLAB Kernel please follow the documentation on the MATLAB Page... Read more

1 month 3 weeks ago 1 month 3 weeks ago

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