Duration:
6/6/2023 6:00 am

Group Responsible:
IT Fabric

Affected Area:
PHENIX interactive nodes

Expected Impact:
A portion of the PHENIX interactive nodes will be unavailable

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
A portion of the PHENIX interactive nodes, rcas2069-2076, will be shutdown and repurposed/renamed from PHENIX to sPHENIX nodes on Tuesday 6/6 at 10:00 AM. Any locally stored data on these nodes (files in /home, /tmp, and /var/tmp) will be destroyed as part of the system rebuild process. Please be sure to logout and transfer any local files elsewhere before the scheduled shutdown. rcas2061-2068 will remain available.

Duration:
5/9/2023 8:00 pm — 5/9/2023 9:00 pm

Group Responsible:
Services & Tools

Affected Area:
Mattermost Services

Expected Impact:
Unable to connect to chat.sdcc.bnl.gov

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
The SDCC Mattermost service at chat.sdcc.bnl.gov will be turned off temporarily for an upgrade, during this time all users will be unable to access the service and will receive an error that they can not connect to the server. Once the upgrade is complete users should be able to resume activities without interruption.

Duration:
5/1/2023 9:00 am — 5/4/2023 1:28 pm

Group Responsible:
IT Services

Affected Area:
sPHENIX Lustre System

Expected Impact:
The sPHENIX Lustre system is reopened for user access.

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
The sPHENIX Lustre system upgrade has been successfully completed, and the system is now back online. We have resolved the Object Index (OI) issues encountered during the upgrade process and has tested the system to verify its functionality. Users can now access the system again and resume their data transfer tasks.

In case you experience any issues, please contact us by submitting support tickets.

Duration:
5/1/2023 9:00 am — 5/4/2023 11:59 pm

Group Responsible:
IT Services

Affected Area:
sPHENIX Lustre System

Expected Impact:
The sPHENIX Lustre system unavailable for user access

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
The sPHENIX Lustre upgrade window has been extended until the end of May 4th due to an unexpected bug in the new version. Unfortunately, we have hit a bug that is causing issues with the Object Index files, and we are currently working to resolve the issue.

We understand that this may cause inconvenience to your work, and we apologize for the delay. The team is running the necessary commands to fix the Object Index files, and we will keep you updated on our progress.

Duration:
5/1/2023 9:00 am — 5/3/2023 11:59 pm

Group Responsible:
IT Services

Affected Area:
sPHENIX Lustre System

Expected Impact:
The sPHENIX Lustre system unavailable for user access

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
We are planning a major upgrade for the sPHENIX system, scheduled to start on Monday, May 1st at 9:00 AM and continue for three days until Wednesday, May 3rd. This upgrade will involve transitioning the system from its current version, 2.12.8, to the new version 2.15.2. Please note that during the upgrade period, the sPHENIX system will be inaccessible to users. We kindly request that you plan your work accordingly and ensure all necessary data is saved prior to the upgrade. Be aware that any running or queued jobs at the time of the upgrade may be affected, and we recommend either completing or rescheduling them beforehand. It is important to note that starting at 9 AM on May 1st, all unfinished jobs will be terminated.

Duration:
10/26/2022 11:00 am — 10/26/2022 11:30 am

Group Responsible:
Services & Tools

Affected Area:
Gitea

Expected Impact:
Service Unavailable

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
The Gitea service will be unavailable while it is upgraded to v.1.17.3

Duration:
8/4/2022 10:00 am — 8/8/2022 12:00 pm

Group Responsible:
IT Fabric

Affected Area:
Processor Farm

Expected Impact:
Unable to login or sessions terminated on affected nodes

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
The SDCC's interactive and Jupyter farm nodes will be shutdown for maintenance according to the following schedule:

Thursday 8/4 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
rcas6001-6002, rcas6005-6010
rcas2061-2068
eic0101-0106
astro0101
sphnx01
spar0101-0104
jupyter10-11

Monday 8/8 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
rcas6003-6004, rcas6011-6016
rcas2069-2076
eic0107-0112
astro0104
sphnx02
spar0105-0108
jupyter12-13

Please logout of the affected hosts before their scheduled shutdown.

Duration:
7/20/2022 9:00 pm — 7/20/2022 9:30 pm

Group Responsible:
IT Services

Affected Area:
Mattermost

Expected Impact:
Mattermost will be unavailable during the maintenance

Maintenance Type:
Planned Maintenance/Downtime

Description:
Mattermost will be upgraded to the latest version 7.1 and will be unavailable during the upgrade. Collapsed reply threads will be enabled for all users. Users can disable Collapsed reply threads by navigating to Settings -> Display -> Collapsed reply threads.

Duration:
6/1/2022 2:00 pm — 6/1/2022 4:00 pm

Group Responsible:
Services & Tools

Affected Area:
BNL Box

Expected Impact:
Short and intermittent service interruption

Maintenance Type:
Transparent Upgrage/Maintenance

Description:
Update to Nextcloud 24.0.1

Duration:
5/27/2022 11:00 am

Group Responsible:
IT Fabric

Affected Area:
Building 725

Expected Impact:
Occupational safety directly related to the facility

Maintenance Type:
Information

Description:
The Facility Risk Assessment (FRA) document acts as a benchmark to understanding the risks associated with working in the SDCC in Building 725. The FRA is a useful tool for work planning purposes and gaining knowledge of the hazards associated with the SDCC in Building 725. The FRA has been posted to the Staff-Only section of the SDCC website. SDCC staff can find it here: https://www.sdcc.bnl.gov/staff-only/.