Red Hat's OpenShift container platform (OCP) version upgrade on NERC [June 10, 2025, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM]

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May 30, 2025
Red Hat's OpenShift Cluster Platform (OCP) upgrade on NERC from version 4.15 to 4.17

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. GENERAL MAINTENANCE We 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 […]

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May 5, 2025
MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [June 2, 2025 3:00 PM ET - June 4, 2025 5:00 PM ET]

Upcoming MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [June 2, 2025 3:00 PM ET - June 4, 2025 5:00 PM ET] (multi-day) Due 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 […]

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May 5, 2025
Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - We will resolve issues related to Shelving VMs to save on resource costs when they are not in use. - We will conduct maintenance on the NERC OpenStack RadosGW (Swift/S3) object storage service. - Additionally, we will deploy […]

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January 30, 2025
Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and ColdFront - Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday February 11, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - We will be upgrading our ColdFront deployment. Additionally, we will be performing maintenance on the NERC OpenStack RadosGW (Swift/S3) object storage service. - Other than OpenStack projects which use Swift/S3 this maintenance should not […]

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December 16, 2024
Upcoming NERC Network Equipment and Switch Maintenance Scheduled for [Tuesday January 14, 2025 9 AM - Wednesday January 15, 2025 9 AM]

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. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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 […]

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November 27, 2024
Upgrade NERC OpenStack Platform to version 17.1 [Dec 12, 2024 8:00 AM ET - Dec 14, 2024 8:00 PM ET] (multi-day)

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. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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 […]

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August 20, 2024
NERC OpenStack, ColdFront service, and OpenShift Account Manager Maintenance Scheduled for [Tuesday September 3, 2024 9AM - 5PM]

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. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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 […]

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July 23, 2024
NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and ColdFront service maintenance and upgrade [Monday August 5, 2024 9 AM - 5 PM]

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. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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. […]

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June 10, 2024
Upcoming NERC's RegApp & ColdFront service upgrade and maintenance June 18, 2024 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Upcoming NERC's RegApp & ColdFront upgrade and maintenance will occur on Tuesday June 18, 2024 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - We are upgrading and updating NERC's RegApp deployment. - We are upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. NOTICES - This upgrade will cause some outages to the NERC’s RegApp & ColdFront […]

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May 7, 2024
Upcoming NERC's ColdFront service upgrade and maintenance May 14, 2024 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Upcoming NERC's ColdFront upgrade and maintenance will occur on Tuesday May 14, 2024 from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - We are upgrading and updating NERC's ColdFront deployment. - This will allow users to request minimal Swift Object Storage during the decommission process. NOTICES - This upgrade will cause some outages to the […]

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April 22, 2024
MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [May 22, 2024 8:00 AM ET - May 28, 2024 8:00 PM ET]

Upcoming MGHPCC (Holyoke) Annual Power Shutdown [May 22, 2024 8:00 AM ET - May 28, 2024 8:00 PM ET] (multi-day) Due 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 […]

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April 2, 2024
Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and ColdFront- Tuesday April 16, 2024 9AM - 5PM

Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday April 16, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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. - We will also be upgrading […]

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March 8, 2024
Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade - OpenStack and RegApp - Tuesday Mar 26, 2024 9AM - 5PM

Upcoming NERC system maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday March 26, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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. - We will also be upgrading […]

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February 27, 2024
Upcoming NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) maintenance and upgrade - Tuesday Mar 12, 2024 9 AM - 12 PM

Upcoming NERC OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) maintenance and upgrade will occur on Tuesday March 12, 2024 from 9 AM - 12 PM. GENERAL MAINTENANCE - 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. […]

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