Weekly Update: January 4, 2023
In This Message
Meetings & Workshops
– Summit New User Training (February 13)
– Frontier Training Workshop (February 15-17, 2023)
Center Announcements
– darshan-runtime/3.4.0-lite is now the default
Upcoming Downtimes
– Marble (January 17-19)
Meetings & Workshops
Summit New User Training
February 13, 3:00-5:00 p.m. ET
Virtual via Zoom
This training will provide tips to more effectively utilize OLCF resources and is intended both for new and existing users of Summit and OLCF. A hands-on session will follow the presentation that covers how to login and run jobs on Summit. To help you get started, we will also cover the Summit New User Quick Start Guide, available here: https://docs.olcf.ornl.gov/quickstart/index.html.
Register here: https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/calendar/summit-new-user-training/
Frontier Training Workshop
February 15-17, 2023
Virtual via Zoom
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) will host a virtual Frontier Training Workshop February 15-17, 2023. This event is meant to help new Frontier users (or those intending to use Frontier) learn how to run on the system. The first day will feature presentations and a hands-on session. The last two days will feature presentations from vendors and staff. The presentations for this workshop are meant to deliver relevant information about the system (hardware, job launcher, programming methods, etc.), while the hands-on session is intended to help participants learn how to run jobs on the system. To participate in the hands-on, you must have an account on Frontier or Crusher. For more details and to register see: https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/calendar/frontier-training-workshop-february-2023/
Center Announcements
User Assistance Center Schedule
The OLCF User Assistance Center will be closed on December 23, December 26, and January 2, 2023, due to ORNL-observed holidays. The normal user assistance schedule will resume on Tuesday, December 27, and Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023. NOTE: The ORNL Computer Operations staff will remain available for limited troubleshooting 24 hours a day.
darshan-runtime/3.4.0-lite
Please note that the default version of darshan-runtime has been updated. darshan-runtime/3.4.0-lite is now default. In addition, the companion set of tools, darshan-util/3.4.0 is now default as well and is required to properly parse logs generated with darshan-runtime/3.4.0-lite.
Upcoming Downtimes
– Marble will be upgraded from OpenShift 4.8 to 4.10 starting at 08:00 AM on January 17 through 08:00 AM on January 19. During this time, workflows will automatically migrate between servers.