issues accessing /fs/ess/ locations
There are currently issues with accessing /fs/ess/ locations on OSC systems.
OSC staff are working to resolve the issue.
Please contact oschelp@osc.edu if you experience any problems.
System Downtime August 9, 2022
An exceptional downtime for OSC HPC systems is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 9 2022 to prepare for expansion of the IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS). The downtime will affect the Pitzer and Owens Clusters, web portals, and HPC file servers. Client Portal (my.osc.edu) and state-wide licenses will be available during the downtime.
https://www.osc.edu/calendar/events/2022_08_09-system_downtime_august_9_2022
MyOSC 3.0 deployment
MyOSC will be unavailable Aug. 2, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. while we deploy version 3.0. See the MyOSC version 3.0 - charge account change log for details.
https://www.osc.edu/resources/technical_support/hpc_changelog/2022/myosc_version_30_charge_accounts
MyOSC Version 3.0 - Charge Accounts
Date:
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 10:00am
System(s):
New version update with Charge Accounts added.
Charge accounts are a restructuring of the Service Agreements, which are a way for project owners to group projects together.
Rolling reboot of Owens and Pitzer starting from July 11, 2022
We will have rolling reboots of Owens and Pitzer clusters including login and compute nodes, starting from 9AM Monday, July 11, 2022, to perform OS updates to address CVE-2022-1966 (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1966). The rolling reboots won't affect any running batch jobs, but users may experience longer queue wait time than usual on both clusters.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact oschelp@osc.edu if you have any questions.
System Downtime June 21, 2022
A downtime for all OSC HPC systems is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The downtime will affect the Pitzer and Owens Clusters, web portals, and HPC file servers. Client Portal (my.osc.edu) and state-wide licenses will be available during the downtime.
In preparation for the downtime, the batch scheduler will begin holding jobs that cannot be completed before 7 a.m., June 21, 2022. Jobs that are not started on clusters will be held until after the downtime and then started once the system is returned to production status.
Globus with with OSC credentials does not work
OSC clients can't log into globus.org with OSC credentials. We are working on it.
Please contact oschelp@osc.edu if you have further questions.
ondemand outage
OSC is currently troubleshooting issues with ondemand.osc.edu
ondemand.osc.edu will be non-functional until we resolve the issues.
Contact oschelp@osc.edu with questions.
myosc version 2.7
Date:
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 9:15am
System(s):
Version 2.7 summary
Updates
myosc dashboard 30 day usage bug fixed
Fixed bug so that now usage is shown for last 30 days on dashboard instead of last 31 days.
Duo sign up bug fixed
Fixed bug affecting users activating duo in myosc for the first time.
System Downtime Mar 22, 2022
A downtime for all OSC HPC systems is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The downtime will affect the Pitzer and Owens Clusters, web portals, and HPC file servers. Client Portal (my.osc.edu) and state-wide licenses will be available during the downtime.
In preparation for the downtime, the batch scheduler will begin holding jobs that cannot be completed before 7 a.m., March 22, 2022.