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The MHPCC Mana & US system will be undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 from 0800 - 1700 (HST).

Login's to Mana & US will be suspended starting at 0730 (HST).

Please plan accordingly.

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MHPCC User Services

MHPCC Users (Mana, Utility Server, DSP & Portal)

DREN Network Maintenance on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at 0700 GMT (Saturday, May 19th, 2012 at 2100 HST) may affect connectivity to MHPCC systems during the 8 hour maintenance window.

Please plan accordingly.

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MHPCC User Services

All MHPCC Users (Mana, DSP, Utility Server, Portal)

MHPCC Network Maintenance will begin on May 3, 2012 0300 GMT (May 2, 2012 1700 HST) and will affect connectivity to MHPCC systems during a 1 hour maintenance window.

Please plan accordingly.

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MHPCC User Services

Who?
The cluster "Mana" at the MHPCC DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) will undergo a system maintenance on 25 April 2012. Scheduled outage will be between 0800 (HST) and 1700 (HST).

What?
We will be configuring the Energy Aware Scheduler (EAS) system on Mana during this maintenance period.

Why?
MHPCC is looking into energy efficient computing practices and the EAS system provides the mechanism for powering down non-utilized compute nodes to save energy.

How does this affect you?
You may see delays in job start times if you are allocated a node that was powered down to save energy.

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MHPCC User Services

On Friday, April 6th 2012 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on April 6th,, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

The MHPCC Utility Server (US) emergency maintenance for, Friday, March 30, 2012, is now completed.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

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MHPCC User Services

DREN Maintenance on April 19, 2012 at 2300 (HST) (April 20, 2012 at 0900 GMT ) may affect connectivity to MHPCC systems during a 4 hour maintenance window.

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MHPCC User Services

DREN Maintenance on March 26, 2012 at 2300 (HST) (March 27, 2012 at 0900 GMT) may affect connectivity to MHPCC systems during the 4 hour maintenance window.

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MHPCC User Services

The MHPCC US (Utility Server) will be undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 from 0800-1700 (HST).

Logins to MHPCC US will be suspended starting at 0730 (HST).

Please plan accordingly.

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MHPCC User Services

The MHPCC archive system will undergo a maintenance period on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 from 0800-1700 (HST).

Please plan your archival data retrieval/storage accordingly.

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MHPCC User Services

On Monday, March 26th, 2012 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on March 26th,, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

A new version of the client-server visualization package Ensight is now available on the Utility Servers. This default version can be accessed by use of modules via the command:

module load ensight/10.0.1a

Version 9.2.2d will be retained as the current alternative version. If you wish to access versions other than the default, it can be accessed via the command:

module load ensight/9.2.2d

The Ensight V10.x user interface has changed significantly in this release and offers many additional features.

Ensight is available for use on the Utility Servers via the Secure Remote Desktop (SRD) and can be accessed via the command:

module load ensight/10.0.1a
ensight100.srd -np #
where "#" is the number of processes you want to use on the allocated node

Ensight can also be run in client/server mode from your desktop Linux/Mac/Windows workstation using HPC job launching capabilities available from Ensight. Pre-configured application bundles can be downloaded from any of the utility servers from the directory /app/projects/client-server/Ensight. Installation instructions are available in the download directories. Once the application is loaded on your Linux/Mac system, Ensight HPC job launching can be launched to the utility servers (and selected HPC systems) via the command:

ensight100.launcher

From a Windows machine, the startup command for Ensight HPC job launching is:

e100launcher.

Availability of these pre-configured application bundles does not relieve you of any local organizational rules and regulations related to the installation of workstation software. If your organization requires any approvals prior to the installation of software, you should continue to obtain that local approval prior to installing this software. Additional information regarding the use of Ensight within the DoD HPCMP can be found at:

https://visualization.hpc.mil/wiki/EnSight

Questions can be directed to CCAC at help@ccac.hpc.mil

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MHPCC User Services

The modified MHPCC maintenance has been completed.

Thank you for your understanding,
MHPCC User Services

On Monday, February 20th, 2012 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on February 20th,, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

Connectivity to the Shared Application License Servers will be unavailable due to a scheduled system outage, between the hours of 1300-1500 EST, Tuesday, 14 February 2012.

Running jobs using shared SW licenses may terminate due to the unavailability of the remote SW license servers. Users should plan accordingly.

The Applications that use the remote SW license servers are Abaqus, Accelrys, Ansys, CFD++, Cobalt, Ensight, Fluent (acfd), LS-Dyna, Matlab, Star CD and Totalview.

If your license fails, contact CCAC with job numbers, and we will work with you to refund MHPCC DSRC allocation hours.

If you have any questions, please contact the Consolidated Customer Assistance Center (CCAC) at 877-CCAC-039 (877-222-2039).

Thank You,
MHPCC User Services

The MHPCC Mana system will be undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 0800 - 2200 (HST).

Logins to Mana will be suspended starting at 0730 (HST).

Please plan accordingly.
MHPCC User Services

The Enterprise-wide Shared License Servers (rls1,2,3) will be inaccessible on Thursday January 26th, 2012 from 2000 to 2200 (8pm-10pm EST) due to DREN maintenance. Jobs starting or running during this time on any production system across the HPCMP enterprise which require communication to the Shared License Server will likely fail.

If you have any questions about this scheduled downtime, please contact the Consolidated Customer Assistance Center (CCAC). The CCAC can be reached via any of the following methods:

- http://www.ccac.hpc.mil
- 1-877-222-2039
- help@ccac.hpc.mil

The MHPCC Mana system will be undergoing regularly scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 0800 - 2200 (HST).

Logins to Mana will be suspended starting at 0730 (HST).

Please plan accordingly.
MHPCC User Services

DREN is scheduled for maintenance on January 29, 2012 starting at 1000 (HST).

This may affect connectivity to MHPCC systems during the 1.5 hour maintenance window.

NOTICE - UPCOMING CHANGES TO SOFTWARE LICENSE RESERVATIONS:

The new Shared License Buffer (SLB) will go into production on 1/30/2012.

As of this date, SLB license reservations will be required to run all SLB-managed software Packages (Abaqus, Accelrys, ANSYS, Cobalt, MATLAB). Job submissions without SLB reservations will be denied software licenses.

For additional information, please visit the CCAC User Portal at help.ccac.hpc.mil.

On Monday, January 16th, 2012 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on January 16th, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

Connectivity to the Shared Application License Servers will be unavailable due to a scheduled Network outage, between the hours of 2000-2200 EST, Wednesday, 11 January 2012.

Running jobs using shared SW licenses may terminate due to the unavailability of the remote SW license servers. Users should plan accordingly.

The Applications that use the remote SW license servers are Abaqus, Accelrys, Ansys, CFD++, Cobalt, Ensight, Fluent (acfd), LS-Dyna, Matlab, Star CD and Totalview.

If you have any questions, please contact the Consolidated Customer Assistance Center (CCAC) at 877-CCAC-039 (877-222-2039).

Thank You, MHPCC User Services

The MHPCC Archive (DRAT) emergency maintenance is completed and the DRAT is functional.

Thank you for your patience during this period; we apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you
MHPCC User Services

On Monday, January 2nd, 2012 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on January 2nd, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

On Monday, December 26th, 2011 MHPCC will be operating on a holiday schedule. The center will be open and all technology services will be available, however MHPCC will be operating at reduced staffing levels.

If you require assistance, onsite staff will be available to respond to Severity 1 Help Desk calls at 808-879-5077, and if necessary, MHPCC will contact other technical staff if needed. If you anticipate requiring any special assistance on December 26th, please contact our User Services department or the CCAC by email or by telephone.

In compliance with Baseline Configuration policy FY10-06 (Common DSRC Commands and Tools), the show_quota command has been renamed to show_storage.

For more information regarding this policy, please see the Baseline Configuration Website.

The license server will be undergoing maintenance on Monday, December 12, 2011 starting at 2300 (HST) for 2 hours.

Please plan job runs accordingly within this time frame.

Thank you
MHPCC User Services