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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T080000
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SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, March 10\, 2026 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, March 10\, 2026\, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading the Openshift Container Platform (OCP) on the NERC OpenShift Production Cluster to version 4.20. \n- We are upgrading our ColdFront deployment to support quota management across different storage types. \n- We will be adding additional H100 to NERC OpenShift Production Cluster for general use. \nNOTICES \n- The Production Cluster’s OpenShift\, OpenShift AI and ColdFront services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC’s OpenShift cluster. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20260310/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20260128T141744Z
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UID:9632-1770710400-1770742800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, February 10\, 2026 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, February 10\, 2026 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading the Openshift Container Platform (OCP) on the NERC OpenShift Production Cluster to version 4.20. \n- We will be upgrading Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) on the NERC OpenShift Production Cluster to version 2.25. This upgrade will provide new features\, bug fixes\, and improved support for AI/ML workflows. \n- We are upgrading our ColdFront deployment to support quota management across different storage types. \nNOTICES \n- The Production Cluster’s OpenShift\, OpenShift AI and ColdFront services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC’s OpenShift cluster. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20260210/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T120000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20260112T143853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T143853Z
UID:9627-1768291200-1768305600@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, Jan 13\, 2026 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, January 13\, 2026 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We are upgrading NERC’s ColdFront Plugin to the latest version. \n- We will be adding 8 H100 GPUs on the NERC OpenShift Production cluster. \n- We will be adding more NESE Storage Pools to increase the current storage quota. \nNOTICES \n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s ColdFront service. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 4 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20260113/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T120000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20251201T175352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T175507Z
UID:9613-1765267200-1765281600@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, Dec 9\, 2025 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, December 9\, 2025 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We are upgrading NERC’s ColdFront deployment to the latest version\, which will allow users to view a Daily Invoice display in ColdFront and receive threshold budget notification emails. \n- We will also validate all current project allocations to ensure each namespace meets the minimum LimitRange requirements. \nNOTICES \n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s ColdFront service. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 4 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20251209/
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CREATED:20251029T133934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T134004Z
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SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC’s ColdFront service upgrade and maintenance Nov 11\, 2025 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:NERC's ColdFront upgrade and maintenance will occur on Tuesday Nov 11\, 2025 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We are upgrading NERC’s ColdFront deployment to the latest version of ColdFront. \nNOTICES \n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s ColdFront service. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 4 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/coldfront-maintenance-20251111/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T080000
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CREATED:20251006T131113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T175442Z
UID:9600-1760428800-1760461200@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) version of NERC OpenShift Production Cluster to version 2.22. This release brings important enhancements to improve performance\, security\, and the overall user experience. \n- We are upgrading our ColdFront deployment. \nNOTICES \n- The OpenShift AI and ColdFront services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC’s OpenShift cluster. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20251014/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250909T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20250827T133221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T133448Z
UID:9596-1757404800-1757437200@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, September 9\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday\, September 9\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading our Red Hat OpenShift container platform (OCP) version on NERC to version 4.19. This release brings important enhancements to improve performance\, security\, and the overall user experience. \n- Unified Console Experience: The Admin and Developer views are now combined into one interface\, reducing context switching and enabling seamless end-to-end workflows. \n- We have also set up and now offer an isolated Academic (EDU) OpenShift cluster designed to fully support academic research and coursework\, providing a stable and dedicated environment for instructors\, principal investigators\, students\, and other users. If you are planning to run courses on NERC in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026\, please contact us so we can coordinate and provide the necessary support. \nNOTICES \n- The OpenShift services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC’s OpenShift cluster. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20250909/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T170000
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CREATED:20250731T164823Z
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UID:9590-1754985600-1755018000@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, August 12\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, August 12\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading our Red Hat OpenShift container platform (OCP) version on NERC to 4.18. \n- As part of the upcoming maintenance\, we’ll be rolling out several key enhancements to Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). These include a redesigned dashboard layout\, support for both single and multi-model serving\, and distributed training capabilities using CodeFlare and KubeRay. The platform will also support high-performance inference runtimes beyond the currently offered OpenVINO\, such as vLLM. Additional improvements include a GPU pruner for more efficient GPU utilization\, enhanced resource scheduling with Kueue\, and an upgraded version of Kubeflow Pipelines. This update will further strengthen MLOps capabilities with an integrated model registry and catalog to manage the full model lifecycle. \n- We will be upgrading our ColdFront deployment. \nNOTICES \n- The OpenShift and ColdFront services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC’s OpenShift cluster. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-maintenance-20250812/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20250530T133954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T143129Z
UID:9584-1749542400-1749574800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Red Hat's OpenShift Cluster Platform (OCP) upgrade on NERC from version 4.15 to 4.17
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Red Hat's OpenShift container platform (OCP) upgrade on NERC from version 4.15 to 4.17 will occur on Tuesday\, June 10\, 2025\, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.\n \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \nWe are writing to inform you that we plan to upgrade our OpenShift cluster from version 4.15 to 4.17 on Tuesday\, June 10\, 2025. As our current version of OpenShift will reach its End of Life (EOL) in less than three months\, this upgrade is essential and will introduce several new features and improvements to our cluster. \nAdditionally\, we will upgrade and maintain the Red Hat OpenShift AI Platform (RHOAI) to version 2.19\, which provides a fully supported\, collaborative sandbox environment for data scientists\, AI engineers\, and researchers to develop\, train\, and test AI/ML models\, as well as deploy them for use in intelligent applications. \nNOTICES \n- Please keep a backup of your critical data or application running on your project on NERC's OpenShift cluster. \n- The new upgrade to the latest OpenShift version will provide improved performance\, enhanced security\, additional operators and enhanced user interface along with updated Kubernetes version. \n- During the upgrade\, there will be a period of downtime to ensure a seamless transition. We anticipate this downtime to last approximately 9 hours\, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ and also subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email to get the progress updates during this time. \n- Our state-of-the-art OpenShift and RHOAI platforms enable you and your team to deploy containerized applications in a cloud-native environment\, providing a reliable\, isolated\, and scalable solution for your complex research computing and teaching needs. If you haven't used or tested these platforms\, please get started by requesting a new resource allocation to your project using NERC's ColdFront web console or you can get in touch with us to have a quick demo. \nMore information about NERC is available on NERC's website. If you have any questions\, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/ocp-version-upgrade-20250610/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20250505T205952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T210155Z
UID:9571-1748876400-1749056400@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [June 2\, 2025 3:00 PM ET - June 4\, 2025 5:00 PM ET]
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [June 2\, 2025 3:00 PM ET - June 4\, 2025 5:00 PM ET] (multi-day) \nDue to the annual MGHPCC (Holyoke data center) power maintenance as well as other maintenance activities\, the New England Research Cloud (NERC) services will be unavailable from Monday\, June 2nd\, 3 PM until Wednesday\, June 4th\, 5 PM. \nNERC services that will be impacted include: \n\nNERC's OpenStack\nNERC's OpenShift\, which includes the Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) platform\nNERC supporting shared services ColdFront\, RegApp\, ESI\, and Keycloak\n\nWe have worked to reduce the total outage time this year. Our goal is to resume full services by the end of Wednesday\, June 4th\, at 5 PM or earlier. Please refer to the timeline below for details: \n \nNOTICES \n- This outage affects all services and resources in the MGHPCC/Holyoke data center\, including NERC’s core and shared services\, as well as the underlying compute\, storage\, and networking. \n- The estimated time for power-up and return to full service is 5 PM on Wednesday\, June 4th. We encourage you to monitor the progress at https://nerc.instatus.com/  during this time. \n- Please subscribe to the NERC’s status for any future updates as they happen: https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email \nOur priority is helping make research happen. If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please do not hesitate to contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or by submitting a service request through the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/mghpcc-annual-power-shutdown-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20250505T205348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T205348Z
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SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, May 13\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday\, May 13\, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will resolve issues related to Shelving VMs to save on resource costs when they are not in use. \n- We will conduct maintenance on the NERC OpenStack RadosGW (Swift/S3) object storage service. \n- Additionally\, we will deploy the H100 GPU configuration on NERC OpenShift. \n- Users will be able to add external hostname (DNS) to their ingress with TLS/SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt as described here. \nNOTICES \n- The OpenStack and OpenShift services will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 9 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-upgrade-maintenance-20250513/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20250130T164429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T164429Z
UID:9541-1739264400-1739271600@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and ColdFront - Tuesday February 11\, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday February 11\, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We will be upgrading our ColdFront deployment. Additionally\, we will be performing maintenance on the NERC OpenStack RadosGW (Swift/S3) object storage service. \n- Other than OpenStack projects which use Swift/S3 this maintenance should not affect any other projects using the NERC. \nNOTICES \n- The OpenStack RadosGW (Swift/S3) object storage service will be unavailable during this maintenance. \n- Project allocation requests and change requests will not be accepted or approved during this time. \n- The maintenance and upgrade are expected to be brief. We encourage you to monitor https://nerc.instatus.com/ for real-time updates on progress. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-system-upgrade-maintenance-20250211/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T090000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20241216T190453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T195610Z
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SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC Network Equipment and Switch Maintenance Scheduled for [Tuesday January 14\, 2025 9 AM - Wednesday January 15\, 2025 9 AM]
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC Network Equipment and Switch Maintenance is scheduled from Tuesday\, January 14\, 2025\, at 9:00 AM to Wednesday\, January 15\, 2025\, at 9:00 AM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We plan to perform changes to the management and configuration of our network infrastructure. This will take the majority of the maintenance period. These updates are part of our ongoing efforts to improve network performance\, reliability\, and scalability for all users. \n- During the maintenance window\, we will also update the NERC OpenShift deployment to include patches for the NVIDIA A100 and V100 GPU Accelerator profiles. \nNOTICES \n- NERC OpenStack’s Horizon dashboard and other OpenStack API services will be inaccessible. \n- During this process\, Access to the NERC OpenShift cluster and NERC Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) via the web console and other OpenShift CLI tools will be unavailable. \n- Although we do not anticipate that ESI-provided systems will be affected\, except for those connected to the NERC network\, there is a slight risk due to the tasks we will be performing in their general vicinity. \n- All services will be available once the OpenShift Deployment portion of this maintenance is completed\, and we will post updates to the status page. \n- Please be aware that during this maintenance\, project change requests for both OpenStack and OpenShift Resources will not be accepted or approved. \n- The estimated time to complete this maintenance is 24 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to receive updated progress. \n- Please subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email to receive progress updates. \n- Please let us know if you encounter any issues after the maintenance is completed. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, if you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/network-equipment-switch-maintenance-20250114/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20241127T141527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T141527Z
UID:9523-1733990400-1734206400@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upgrade NERC OpenStack Platform to version 17.1 [Dec 12\, 2024 8:00 AM ET - Dec 14\, 2024 8:00 PM ET] (multi-day)
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC OpenStack Platform upgrade to version 17.1 will occur from Thursday December 12th\, 2024 from 8:00 AM until Saturday\, December 14th\, 8:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We are planning to upgrade our NERC OpenStack Platform to version 17.1. This upgrade will provide enhanced features\, performance improvements\, and additional security & compliance measures to support your work and ensure a reliable cloud experience. This major upgrade has been long-pending\, so we are reserving a 3-day window for this process to ensure a smooth transition. \n- The NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) will remain available during this time. \nNOTICES \n- We recommend saving your work and preparing for the downtime in advance. \n- NERC OpenStack’s Horizon dashboard and other OpenStack API services may be inaccessible at times during this process. \n- This upgrade process should not affect the state of your VMs\, persistent storage\, or data stored in volumes and object storage. \n- Please be aware that during this maintenance\, project\, and project change requests for NERC OpenStack Resources will not be accepted and approved. \n- We are reserving the three days\, as this is a major and long pending upgrade to our cluster. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/openstack-version-upgrade-20241212/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240820T192319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T192319Z
UID:9513-1725354000-1725382800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC OpenStack\, ColdFront service\, and OpenShift Account Manager Maintenance Scheduled for [Tuesday September 3\, 2024 9AM - 5PM]
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC OpenStack Platform\, ColdFront service and OpenShift Account Manager maintenance will occur on Tuesday September 3\, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We are planning to migrate a set of GPU hypervisors (V100) from the NERC OpenStack cluster to the NERC OpenShift cluster. We will also be upgrading both the ColdFront allocation system and the OpenShift account management software. This maintenance is scheduled for Tuesday September 3\, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. \nNOTICES \n- We will be moving some of the GPU OpenStack hypervisors (V100) to our OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) Cluster. \n- Some OpenStack APIs may briefly experience outages\, and any active object storage transfers will be interrupted. \n- Please do not launch any new VMs or initiate data transfers to/from existing VMs during this time. \n- We will be upgrading the ColdFront allocation system and also OpenShift account management software. All OpenShift APIs and workloads will be available and functional during this portion of the maintenance. \n- Please be aware that during this maintenance\, project and project change requests (Related to the OpenStack Resource Only) will not be accepted or approved. \n- We are reserving the whole day\, from 9am to 5pm. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time. We will post updates to our status page when the ColdFront and OpenShift Account Manager portion of this maintenance has been completed. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/openstack-coldfront-ocp-acct-mgr-maintenance-20240903/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240805T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240723T141930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T151757Z
UID:9480-1722848400-1722877200@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and ColdFront service maintenance and upgrade [Monday August 5\, 2024 9 AM - 5 PM]
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and ColdFront service maintenance and upgrade will occur on Monday August 5\, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE \n- We plan to perform maintenance and a version upgrade on the NERC OpenShift deployment. This maintenance will involve a rolling reboot of all hosts in the cluster. \n- We are also upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. \n- We are upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. \nNOTICES \n- We plan to upgrade the NERC OpenShift deployment to a newer Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) version 4.15 and Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) to v2.8.2\, incorporating new features and functionalities. \n- This version will allow accessing faster builds with /dev/fuse on users' unprivileged pods\, enabling users to leverage the Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) interface to create and manage custom filesystems without requiring elevated privileges. \n- During this process\, Access to the NERC OpenShift cluster and NERC Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) via the web console and other OpenShift CLI tools will be unavailable. \n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s ColdFront service. \n- Please be aware that during this maintenance project\, project change requests for OpenShift Resource Type will not be accepted or approved. \n- The estimated time to complete ColdFront service update is 2 hours and for OCP update is 8 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time. We will post updates to the status page when the ColdFront portion of this maintenance has been completed. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \n- Please let us know if you encounter any issues after the maintenance is completed. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/openshift-coldfront-upgrade-maintenance-20240805/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240610T193513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240610T200317Z
UID:9472-1718701200-1718708400@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC's RegApp & ColdFront service upgrade and maintenance June 18\, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC's RegApp & ColdFront upgrade and maintenance will occur on Tuesday June 18\, 2024 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE\n- We are upgrading and updating NERC's RegApp deployment. \n- We are upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. \nNOTICES\n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s RegApp & ColdFront service. \n- The estimated time to complete this update is 2 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time.\n \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/regapp-coldfront-upgrade-maintenance-20240618/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240528T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240422T204910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240610T193154Z
UID:9447-1716364800-1716926400@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [May 22\, 2024 8:00 AM ET - May 28\, 2024 8:00 PM ET]
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [May 22\, 2024 8:00 AM ET - May 28\, 2024 8:00 PM ET] (multi-day) \nDue to the annual MGHPCC (Holyoke data center) and other maintenance activities\, New England Research Cloud (NERC) services will be unavailable from Wednesday\, May 22nd\, 8 AM until Tuesday\, May 28th\, 8 PM. While the timing is not ideal due to the long Memorial Day weekend\, it is necessary due to upgrades on related core services such as networking and the Northeast Storage Exchange (NESE). \nNERC services that will be impacted include: \n\nNERC's RedHat OpenStack\nNERC's RedHat OpenShift\, which includes the Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) platform.\nNERC supporting services ColdFront and RegApp\n\nDue to the long holiday weekend\, our goal is to resume full services by the end of Tuesday\, May 28th\, at 8 PM or earlier. Please refer to the timeline below for details: \n \nNOTICES \n- This outage affects all services and resources in the MGHPCC/Holyoke data center which include NERC’s core services and underlying compute\, storage and networking. \n- The estimated time for power-up and return to full service is 8 PM on Tuesday\, May 28th. We encourage you to monitor the progress at https://nerc.instatus.com/  during this time. \n- Please subscribe to the NERC’s status for any future updates as they happen: https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/mghpcc-annual-power-shutdown-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T100000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240507T171427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T171427Z
UID:9459-1715673600-1715680800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC's ColdFront service upgrade and maintenance May 14\, 2024 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC's ColdFront upgrade and maintenance will occur on Tuesday May 14\, 2024 from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE\n- We are upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. \n- This will allow users to request minimal Swift Object Storage during the decommission process. \nNOTICES\n- This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s ColdFront service. \n- The estimated time to complete this update is 2 hours. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time.\n \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-coldfront-upgrade-and-maintenance-tuesday-may-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240402T144527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T144527Z
UID:9440-1713258000-1713286800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and ColdFront- Tuesday April 16\, 2024 9AM - 5PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday April 16\, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE\n\n- We are writing to inform you that we are planning to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenStack deployment. This will take the majority of the maintenance period. \n- We will also be upgrading our ColdFront deployment to support minimal Swift Object Storage during the decommission process. \nNOTICES\n\n- We plan to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenStack deployment during this time. \n- NERC OpenStack’s Horizon dashboard and other OpenStack API services may be inaccessible at times during this process. \n- The OpenStack maintenance should not affect any of your running VMs and used storage including volumes and object storage. \n- We will post updates to the status page when the ColdFront portion of this maintenance has been completed. \n- We are reserving the whole day\, from 9am to 5pm. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-maintenance-and-upgrade-tuesday-april-16/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240308T223008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T190608Z
UID:9416-1711443600-1711472400@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and RegApp - Tuesday Mar 26\, 2024 9AM - 5PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday March 26\, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. \nGENERAL MAINTENANCE\n- We are writing to inform you that we are planning to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenStack deployment. This will take the majority of the maintenance period. \n- We will also be upgrading our RegApp deployment to support registration from all CILogon supported IdPs. \nNOTICES\n- We plan to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenStack deployment during this time. \n- NERC OpenStack’s Horizon dashboard and other OpenStack API services may be inaccessible at times during this process. \n- The OpenStack maintenance should not affect any of your running VMs and used storage including volumes and object storage. \n- We will post updates to the status page when the RegApp portion of this maintenance has been completed. \n- We are reserving the whole day\, from 9am to 5pm. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time. \n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time. \nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-maintenance-and-upgrade-tuesday-mar-26/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T120000
DTSTAMP:20260415T175601
CREATED:20240228T012730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T181444Z
UID:9395-1710234000-1710244800@nerc.mghpcc.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday Mar 12\, 2024 9 AM - 12 PM
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday March 12\, 2024 from 9 AM - 12 PM.\n\nGENERAL MAINTENANCE\n- We are writing to inform you that we are planning to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenShift deployment which will involve a rolling reboot of all hosts in the cluster.\n\nNOTICES\n- We plan to perform maintenance on the NERC OpenShift deployment during this time.\n\n- NERC OpenShift web console and other OpenShift CLI may be inaccessible at times during this process.\n\n- We will be expanding the NERC OpenShift cluster with new hosts that will provide 40 NVIDIA A100 SMX4 GPUs. This will involve a rolling reboot of all hosts in the OpenShift cluster. Please be aware this may cause issues for any workloads on the cluster that are not configured to automatically failover to other nodes.\n\n- Please be aware that during this maintenance\, project and project change requests for OpenShift Resource Type will not be accepted and approved.\n\n- We are reserving three hours\, from 9am to 12pm. It can take more or less time\, so we urge you to keep an eye on https://nerc.instatus.com/ to get the progress during this time.\n\n- Please do subscribe to https://nerc.instatus.com/subscribe/email in order to get the progress updates during this time.\n\nOur priority is to help make science happen\, so If you or your research team have any questions or need to escalate an issue\, please contact us via email (help@nerc.mghpcc.org) or\, by submitting a new ticket at the NERC's Support Ticketing System.
URL:https://nerc.mghpcc.org/event/nerc-ocp-maintenance-and-upgrade-tuesday-mar-12/
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