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  • Blue Waters System Reboot in Progress

    Created by: jenos 2021-12-20 10:57:57 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

      The Blue Waters compute system is being rebooted this morning due to an issue with its high speed network that was causing most jobs to stall or fail.  Login node, filesystem, and data mover components are not expected to be interrupted by this operation. Thank you for your patience while the issue...
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  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2021-09-28 09:05:33 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 9:00AM CT. Running jobs may have experienced I/O suspension if dependent upon the part of the scratch filesystem that was unavailable between 7AM-9AM this morning, or potentially no interruption at all if not. The job scheduler has been resumed. Please report any...
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  • Blue Waters System Outage

    Created by: kingda 2021-09-28 07:58:43 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters Scratch filesystem is partially unavailable due to a power issue.  Login nodes are still accessible, but the scheduler is paused.  Please check the Blue Waters system blog for updates as recovery progresses.

    Thank you for your patience as this is resolved.

    Blue Waters Admins

  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2021-09-21 11:55:53 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 11:15AM CT. Most running jobs survived the event, but may have experienced extreme communication speed reduction or even failure in some cases during the event. Existing login sessions were not interrupted, but new login session attempts may have seen intermittent failure...
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  • Blue Waters System Outage

    Created by: jenos 2021-09-21 10:25:10 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters compute resource is currently unavailable due to a power issue.  Login nodes and filesystems are still accessible.  Please check the Blue Waters system blog for updates as recovery progresses.

    Thank you for your patience as this is resolved.

    Blue Waters Admins

  • Blue Waters scheduler and login issues

    Created by: kingda 2021-09-21 08:07:18 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters Scheduler and h2ologin3 is currently offline due to a power issue. While this issue persists, jobs cannot be submitted and will not start. Scheduling commands will not be available. No jobs should be lost. Administrators are investigating and will post updates to the system blog.

    Blue Waters Admins

     

  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2021-08-25 18:47:14 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 6:45 pm CT after a compute subsystem reboot to correct a problem with the high speed network. 

    In addition, h2ologin1 has been returned to the service rotation addressed by the [bw|h2ologin].ncsa.illinois.edu hostnames. 

    We appreciate your patience while we addressed these matters.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • Blue Waters System Reboot in Progress

    Created by: jenos 2021-08-25 15:46:14 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Update: Return to service is now estimated at 6pm CT. The Blue Waters compute system is being rebooted this morning due to an issue with its high speed network that was causing most jobs to fail.  Login node, filesystem, and data mover components are not expected to be interrupted by this operation. ...
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  • Blue Waters filesystem issue resolved

    Created by: jenos 2021-03-10 01:36:08 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters scratch filesystem has been serviced and resumed responsiveness by 01:30 AM on 3/10/2021. System impact from this issue may have been observed as early as 05:00 PM on 3/09/2021.  Thank you for being patient while this issue was resolved.

    Blue Waters Admins

     

  • Blue Waters filesystem issue

    Created by: jenos 2021-03-10 00:02:29 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters /scratch filesystem is currently encountering an issue causing it to be slow or unresponsive.  While this issue persists, login sessions may hang, and jobs may stop making progress or fail. Administrators are investigating and will post updates to the system blog.

    Blue Waters Admins

     

  • Blue Waters Notice: shifter service issue

    Created by: gbauer 2021-02-12 09:06:33 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The issue has been resolved.

    -----

    The shifter container service on Blue Waters is currently experiencing issues when pulling some new images through the shifter gateway.

    Jobs that use currently pulled images should run as expected

    We are looking into the issue and will update the blog periodically., 

    We apologize for the inconvenience.

    -Blue Waters

  • H2ologin4 had a system issue that required a reboot to resolve.

    Created by: tbouvet 2020-12-16 15:23:51 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    H2ologin4 was rebooted to resolve a system issue that it was experiencing today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

  • Intermittent Login Issues

    Created by: kingda 2020-12-09 15:54:08 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters login nodes were having issues that were identified and resolved. The issues started at 12:15pm CST and ended at 3:30pm CST. 

    Questions?  Mail help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu.

  • Blue Waters Filesystem Issue Resolved

    Created by: mshow 2020-12-02 20:01:29 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters file system slowness issue has been resolved without a system interruption. The period where jobs or login nodes may have experienced slow filesystem symptoms spanned from 2:44 PM CST 12/2 to 7:55 PM CST 12/2.

    Questions?  Mail help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu.

  • Blue Waters Filesystem Issue

    Created by: mshow 2020-12-02 17:18:56 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters file system is experiencing an issue causing extreme slowness. Admins are investigating the issue and will update the portal blog with any updates prior to resolution. There is no estimated time for return to service yet.

    Questions?  Mail help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu.

  • Blue Waters Filesystem Issue Resolved

    Created by: jenos 2020-11-25 10:05:56 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters file system slowness issue has been resolved without a system interruption. The period where jobs or login nodes may have experienced slow filesystem symptoms spanned from 9:49 PM CST 11/24 to 6:00 AM CST 11/25.

    Questions?  Mail help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu.

  • Blue Waters Filesystem Issue

    Created by: jenos 2020-11-25 02:01:49 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters file system is experiencing an issue causing extreme slowness. Admins are investigating the issue and will update the portal blog with any updates prior to resolution. There is no estimated time for return to service yet.

    Questions?  Mail help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu.

  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2020-11-24 17:37:19 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 5:35 pm CT after a full system reboot to correct the problem with system boot infrastructure. All previously running jobs were lost.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • Blue Waters System Reboot in Progress

    Created by: bbode 2020-11-24 11:14:49 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters compute system is being rebooted this morning due to an issue with its primary boot infrastructure.  Login node, scheduler, filesystem, and data mover components are not expected to be interrupted by this operation.   Thank you for your patience while the issue is resolved.  Estimated return to service for...
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  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: mshow 2020-10-15 18:35:37 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 6:30pm CT after a full system reboot to correct the problem on the high-speed network. All previously running jobs were lost.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • Blue Waters System Reboot in Progress

    Created by: bbode 2020-10-15 09:49:04 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters compute system is being rebooted this morning due to an HSN issue.  Login node, scheduler, filesystem, and data mover components are not expected to be interrupted by this operation.  During the reboot a set of accumulated security related software updates will be applied. Those updates are not...
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  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2020-05-22 14:07:30 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service as of 2:00pm CT after a full system reboot to correct the problem on the high-speed network. All previously running jobs were lost.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • Blue Waters System Reboot in Progress

    Created by: jenos 2020-05-22 09:05:09 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The Blue Waters compute system is being rebooted this morning due to an unexpected complication with hardware and cooling maintenance.  Login node, scheduler, filesystem, and data mover components are not expected to be interrupted by this operation.  Thank you for your patience while the issue is resolved.  Estimated return to...
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  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: kingda 2020-03-29 18:41:43 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service after a full system reboot to correct a problem on the high-speed network. All previously running jobs were lost.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • Blue Waters Unscheduled Outage

    Created by: jenos 2020-03-29 13:01:11 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters is experiencing an issue with the high-speed network that began at 12:02 PM CT. System support staff are evaluating and attempting to restore normal service. Job scheduling is paused until the issue is resolved. The file systems and data transfer services are operating normally. Interim updates will be posted on...
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  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: bbode 2020-03-16 16:07:00 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been returned to service after a full system reboot to correct a problem on the high-speed network. All previously running jobs were lost.

    The Blue Waters Team

  • BlueWaters returned to service

    Created by: mshow 2019-12-22 23:32:00 (Channels: mandatory|unscheduledoutages)

    After a full system reboot and checkout, the system hs been retrned to full service operations

  • BlueWaters system reboot

    Created by: mshow 2019-12-22 13:55:58 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    While the filesystem issue has been resolved, a full system reboot will be required before returning to production status. It is our expectation that the system will return later this evening.

    BW Admin Team

  • Blue Waters: UPDATE Scheduler Remains Paused

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-12-22 08:21:11 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    UPDATE: Scheduler Remains Paused as we continue to restore the scratch file system to service. The Blue Waters scheduler is currently paused due to a meda data server issue with the scratch file system. We are actively working the issue and new logins will likely hang without completion. Status updates will be...
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  • Blue Waters: Scheduler paused because of a scratch file system issue.

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-12-21 20:06:21 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Blue Waters scheduler is currently paused due to a meda data server issue with the scratch file system. We are actively working the issue and new logins will likely hang without completion.

    Status updates will be posted to the blog on the Blue Waters portal.

    The Blue Waters team.

  • Blue Waters Returned to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-12-21 19:13:07 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters returned to service 12/21/2019 at 7:00PM following today's file system issue.

    Please email help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu to report any issues.

     

  • Blue Waters: Scheduler paused due to file system issue

    Created by: bbode 2019-12-21 13:08:13 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Blue Waters scheduler is currently paused due to two down storage targets in the scratch file system. Staff are currently working to resolve the issue. 

    Status updates will be posted to the blog on the Blue Waters portal.

    The Blue Waters team.

  • Blue Waters Returned to Service

    Created by: bbode 2019-11-28 22:36:06 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been rebooted and returned to service at 10:35PM following an issue with the high-speed network earlier this afternoon. All running jobs were lost due to the outage.

    Please email help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu to report any issues.

  • Blue Waters: HSN issues full reboot in progress

    Created by: bbode 2019-11-28 17:59:37 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    An issue with the high-speed network on Blue Waters has forced a full system reboot. We currently anticipate a return to service of 11PM CST. 

    Status updates will be posted to the blog on the Blue Waters portal.

    The Blue Waters team.

  • Nearline Tape Library Has Returned To Service

    Created by: briandi 2019-11-14 17:19:54 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The NCSA_Nearline storage subsystem issue on Blue Waters was resolved and the system returned to normal operations at 3:30 pm.

     

  • Nearline Tape Library Emergency System Maintenance

    Created by: briandi 2019-11-14 12:06:32 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users, Blue Waters is experiencing an issue on a subset of the HPSS storage subsystem (ncsa#Nearline) that began early this morning. System support staff are evaluating and attempting to restore it to normal service. The rest of Blue Waters subsystems remain in normal operation. Some transfers in and out of...
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  • Blue Waters Returned to Service

    Created by: kingda 2019-10-01 20:46:38 (Channels: scheduledoutages|unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters returned to service at 8:45PM following today's scheduler maintenance. 

    Please email help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu to report any issues.

  • Scheduled systems testing period extended to 8PM Central

    Created by: jenos 2019-10-01 16:54:57 (Channels: scheduledoutages|unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Update: This testing period will be extended to 8PM due to unanticipated system-related delays. A scheduled systems testing period will take place on Tuesday, October 1st from 7AM to 5PM 8PM Central, necessitating a shutdown of the job scheduler. Compute nodes will not be available during the test period. Login nodes and file...
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  • Blue Waters outage

    Created by: mshow 2019-10-01 10:15:54 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Multiple cabinets have failed within the Blue Waters system. The failed area will be bypassed and operations will continue. 

  • Blue Waters: NPCF Power Issue Update

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-07-06 03:45:32 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters: NPCF Power Issue 7/5/2019 3PM

    All Blue Waters Resources are available except for the compute nodes. Blue Waters Computes are being rebooted and all running jobs were lost. No RTS eta yet.

  • Blue Waters Returned to Service

    Created by: bbode 2019-07-05 17:57:32 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has been rebooted and returned to service at 5:55PM following a power interuption earlier this afternoon. All running jobs were lost due to the outage.

    Please email help+bw@ncsa.illinois.edu to report any issues.

  • Blue Waters: NPCF Power Issue, Scheduler paused expect full reboot

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-07-05 13:32:15 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    A power outage at the building housing the Blue Waters system has caused a service interruption; the Login Nodes, Network, Storage, Compute Nodes, and Near-line Storage may be unavailable. It is unknown at this time when a return to service can be expected. Watch the Blue Waters portal blog for updates.

  • Blue Waters: Nearline Tape Library Has Returned To Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-05-31 12:58:05 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Nearline subsystem reboot completed at 11:30AM today.

    All existing transfers should resume as Nearline was returned to service.

  • Nearline Tape Library System Reboot

    Created by: bbode 2019-05-31 09:28:04 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Nearline subsystem is currently undergoing an emergancy reboot to clear multiple issues. It is expected to return to service by 1PM today.

    All existing transfers will resume once Nearline returns to service.

  • Blue Waters Has Returned to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-05-16 17:15:55 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The storage issue on Blue Waters projects file system has been resolved and the system returned to normal operations at "5:07" PM CT. Any teams who were impacted by the file system issue have been contacted individually. The scheduler has resumed normal operations. Thank you for your patience while this was...
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  • Blue Waters Project File System Update

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-05-16 09:29:40 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    We are in the process of running a file system check and repair of a small portion of the projects file system. When that is complete we will access the results and take appropriate action. Update: File system repair continues and is expected to last until late this afternoon (5/16). If...
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  • Blue Waters Project File System Issue

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-05-15 15:20:25 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users, Blue Waters is currently experiencing a storage server issue for a portion of the projects filesystem. As a result, all I/O transactions targeting the affected storage server will block. A single storage server supplies a small fraction of the file system data and all remaining storage servers continue normal operation....
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  • Blue Waters OSS Return to Service

    Created by: squaire3 2019-05-12 12:33:07 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The storage issue on Blue Waters was resolved and the system returned to normal operations at 12:30 PM CT. Scheduler has also been resumed.

  • Blue Waters OSS Failover

    Created by: squaire3 2019-05-12 09:18:53 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters is currently experiencing a storage server failover on the OSS file system that began at 8:08 AM CT. As a result, all I/O transactions targeting the affected storage server will block until the failover completes on all clients. A single storage server supplies a small fraction of the...
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  • Nearline Tape Library System Maintenance

    Created by: glasgow 2019-04-29 16:55:33 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Nearline maintenance work is complete and the service has returned to full operations as of: 1600hrs, April 29th, 2019 --- Nearline is undergoing emergency service on one tape library. The work is related to fallout from last week's hardware service and is expected to take approximately 10 hours to complete. Some files may...
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  • Nearline Tape Library System Maintenance

    Created by: glasgow 2019-04-29 09:42:49 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Nearline is undergoing emergency service on one tape library. The work is related to fallout from last week's hardware service and is expected to take approximately 10 hours to complete. Some files may not be accessible during that time.

    Start time: 0945hrs to ~ 2000hrs, April 29, 2019

  • Blue Waters Return to Service

    Created by: squaire3 2019-04-12 15:41:38 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The high-speed network issue on Blue Waters was resolved and the system returned to normal operations at 3:34 PM CT. Scheduler has also been resumed.

  • Blue Waters Scheduler Paused - HSN Issue

    Created by: squaire3 2019-04-12 15:02:55 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters is experiencing an issue on the high-speed network that began at 2:10 PM CT. System support staff are evaluating and attempting to restore normal service. Job scheduling is paused until the issue is resolved. The file systems and data transfer services are operating normally. Logins have been occationally hanging...
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  • Nearline Endpoint Paused for Storage Maintenance

    Created by: glasgow 2019-04-08 23:14:20 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Nearline endpoint has now been returned to normal operations.  The Blue Water's Nearline endpoint will be paused beginning at 1700hrs CDT. New and current user actions/requests will be paused and will resume normal activity when the endpoint is released. No user action is necessary. This maintenance...
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  • Nearline Endpoint Paused for Storage Maintenance

    Created by: glasgow 2019-04-08 16:27:20 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The Blue Water's Nearline endpoint will be paused beginning at 1700hrs CDT. New and current user actions/requests will be paused and will resume normal activity when the endpoint is released. No user action is necessary. This maintenance window will be used to conduct resource management operations that have been deferred...
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  • Blue Waters Returned to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-04-07 15:14:36 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue WAters Users,

    The storage server issue on the scratch file system is resolved. I/O transactions initiated during the outage should have resumed when the Lustre target returned. Blue Waters has resumed normal operations.

  • Blue Waters Scheduler is paused 9:30 AM

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-04-07 10:30:00 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users, Blue Waters is currently experiencing a storage server issue for a small portion of the scratch filesystem. As a result, all I/O transactions targeting the affected storage server will block. A single storage server supplies a small fraction of the file system data and all remaining storage servers continue normal...
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  • BlueWaters cabinet failure

    Created by: mshow 2019-03-23 16:44:36 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The cabinet has been restored.

  • BlueWaters repair complete

    Created by: mshow 2019-03-23 05:13:22 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The cabinet has been restored

  • BlueWaters cabinet failure

    Created by: mshow 2019-03-23 03:46:37 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    A cabinet has shutdown resulting in job loss and an incomplete network configuration. It is unknown at this time when a return to service can be expected for that cabinet. Watch the Blue Waters portal blog for updates.

  • Blue Waters returned to service

    Created by: mshow 2019-02-24 03:41:58 (Channels: mandatory|unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    The high-speed network issue on Blue Waters was resolved and the system returned to normal operations at 3:30 AM CT.

  • Blue Waters High Speed Network issue

    Created by: mshow 2019-02-23 23:43:19 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters is experiencing an issue on the high-speed network that began at 9:48 PM CT. System support staff are evaluating and attempting to restore normal service. Job scheduling is paused until the issue is resolved. The file systems and data transfer services are operating normally. Interim updates will be posted on...
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  • Blue Waters Notice: System returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2019-02-06 15:31:27 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters Users:

    The reboot is complete and the system has returned to service as of 3:14pm CT. Tomorrow's near-line storage maintenance will proceed as planned.

    We apologize for any inconvenience.

     

  • Blue Waters Unplanned Reboot

    Created by: bbode 2019-02-06 10:00:16 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters Users, We experienced an issue that has the high speed network in an unrecoverable state. We have to reboot the system to recover and all running jobs will be lost. The login nodes and endpoints (ncsa#Nearline ncsa#BlueWaters) will remain available during the reboot. The current estimate for return to...
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  • Blue Waters Notice: System returned to service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-01-12 13:09:15 (Channels: scheduledoutages|unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters Users:

    The reboot is complete and the system has returned to service.

    We apologize for any inconvenience.

     

  • Blue Waters Notice: Unplanned Reboot

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-01-12 09:58:18 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users, We experienced an issue that has the high speed network in an unrecoverable state. We have to reboot the system to recover and all running jobs will be lost. The login nodes and endpoints (ncsa#Nearline ncsa#BlueWaters) will remain available during the reboot. The current estimate for return to...
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  • Blue Waters Notice: Nearline System (HPSS) return to service

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-01-10 15:24:20 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users:

    The ncsa#Nearline endpoint is available and has returned to service at 3PM CT. We apologize for any inconvenience.

    -Blue Waters

  • Blue Waters Notice: Nearline System (HPSS) remains unavailable.

    Created by: tbouvet 2019-01-10 09:38:30 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users:

    The ncsa#Nearline endpoint is paused pending repairs suffered to systems during the data center power failure on 1/09/19. We apologize for any inconvenience.

    Please check back for an update on the situtation.

    -Blue Waters

     

  • Blue Waters Notice: System has returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2019-01-10 09:37:52 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

      Blue Waters Users: The power outage at the NPCF building has been resolved.  All Blue Waters services are now available with the exception of the Nearline storage system, which will take a bit longer to recover.  The job scheduler has been resumed and login nodes have access re-enabled.  There will be...
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  • Blue Waters Notice: Power disruption

    Created by: jenos 2019-01-09 16:21:59 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users: Update 4:20pm: All systems up except Nearline.  Access remains restricted while performance tests complete. A power outage at the building housing the Blue Waters system has caused a service interruption; all running jobs were consequently terminated.  All Blue Waters subsystems have been affected and are currently out of...
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  • Blue Waters Notice: System returned to service

    Created by: jenos 2018-12-27 23:43:11 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters Users:

    The power outage at the Blue Waters building has been resolved and the compute nodes have been restarted. The Blue Waters system has been returned to normal operations at 11:40 PM CT. We apologize for any inconvenience.

     

  • Blue Waters Return to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-11-14 18:35:11 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The meta data server failover on the Home file system completed at 6:23 PM CT. I/O transactions initiated during the failover should have resumed normal operation when failover completed. Blue Waters has resumed normal operations.

  • Blue Waters File System Issue

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-11-14 17:45:36 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters is currently experiencing a meta data server failover on the home file system that began at 5:30 PM CT. As a result, all I/O transactions for the home filesystem will block until the failover completes on all clients. The rest of Blue Waters including the other filesystems are operating...
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  • Blue Waters Return to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-11-14 11:32:42 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The meta data server failover on the Home file system completed at 11:26 AM CT. The file system issue start at 10:45 AM. I/O transactions initiated during the failover should have resumed normal operation when failover completed. Blue Waters has resumed normal operations.

  • Blue Waters File System Issue

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-11-14 11:19:47 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters is currently experiencing a meta data server failover on the home file system that began at 11:15 AM CT. As a result, all I/O transactions for the home filesystem will block until the failover completes on all clients. The rest of Blue Waters including the other filesystems are operating...
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  • BlueWaters returned to service

    Created by: mshow 2018-11-05 06:18:32 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    The system has been returned to full service operation after a brief unscheduled outage.

  • BlueWaters system issue

    Created by: mshow 2018-11-05 01:21:18 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|general)

    The system has experienced  a fault that will require a full system shutdown/reboot. This will take several hours before the system is returned to full operations. 

  • Blue Waters Partial Scratch Outage

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-06-23 21:31:02 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters experienced a newtork switch failure that resulted in a partial outage of the scratch filesystem (ost168-179) from 7:44 PM CT to 7:59 PM CT. Jobs that ended during this time may have been impacted. I/O transactions targeting the affected storage server should block until the ost targets returned...
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  • Blue Waters returned to full service

    Created by: mshow 2018-06-12 10:23:37 (Channels: mandatory|unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has returned to full service after recovery from a power event.

  • Blue Waters system power interruption

    Created by: mshow 2018-06-12 04:56:14 (Channels: mandatory|unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Thunderstorms have resulted in a power interruption of the BlueWaters System. This outage imacts both the compute nodes and all  filesystems. Therefore, a full reboot will be necessary.Return to service is estimated to be approximately 10 am Centeral time.

    BW Admin

  • Blue Waters has Returned to Service

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-06-07 14:27:12 (Channels: unscheduledoutages|systemnotices)

    Blue Waters has returned to full service at 2:14 PM CT. The issue encountered required a full system reboot to resolve. All running jobs were lost so please resubmit your jobs from latest checkpoint file if your job exited prematurely.   

  • Blue Waters System Issue

    Created by: tbouvet 2018-06-07 10:12:41 (Channels: unscheduledoutages)

    Blue Waters is experiencing a full system issue that began at 6:30 AM CT. System support staff are evaluating and attempting to restore normal service but may require a full system reboot. Job scheduling is paused until the issue is resolved. Interim updates will be posted on the Blue Waters...
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