Status:
13.10.25, 14:30 The problem is solved. All systems are now updated and available.
12.10.25, 19:15 Early Sunday morning we ran into problems with /mn/stornext/u3. It is unclear if this is related to the upgrade or is something else. We need help from Quantum support and have opened a support case. Until this is solved, you will not be able to log into the system. We will keep you updated here.
12.10.25, 09:30 We have some problems with /mn/stornext/u3. We have disabled login on login.astro.uio.no.
11.10.25, 17:10 Login is enabled and workstations are now available. Compute nodes are still unavailable.
11.10.25, 08:30 Updating workstations with RHEL 9.5 and Stornext 7.2.4
10.10.25, 15:05 sunflower is ready to receive La Palma data
10.10.25, 15:00 StorNext metadata controllers are upgraded. Next is gateways
10.10.25, 11:40 Controller upgrades progressing as expected
10.10.25, 08:30 StorNext metadata controller update started
10.10.25, 07:00 All metadata backups completed
10.10.25, 05:00 Incremental metadata backup started
09.10.25, 18.45 Full metadata backup started
09.10.25, 18.40 Shutdown complete
09.10.25, 18.00 Starting shutdown
Downtime:
We are planning downtime on the computer system from Thursday October 9. at 18.00 to Sunday October 12. 2025.
During the downtime we will:
- Upgrade StorNext to version 7.2.4
- Upgrade Red Hat Linux to version 9.5
- Upgrade NVIDIA Infiniband software on cluster nodes
- Upgrade the Infiniband swithces in the clusters with new firmware and software
During the downtime all compute nodes and workstations will be down, all StorNext storage will be unavailable and login to the system will be disabled.