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SDSC Outage Notification – VM guests rebooted due to hypervisor error – 11 July 2020, 14:25

[Update: 17:10] Hardware logs have been handed over to vendor support for review. At this time it appears that a hardware failure on the hypervisor node delayed I/O and caused the guests to automatically reboot on other hypervisors. At approximately 16:25 on 11 July 2020 the following systems rebooted due to a crash of the …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux updates/reboot – 16 Jun 2020, 17:00-23:00

[Update 22:24] Final updates should finish soon, with an expected completion time of 22:45. Please contact support if you have any questions or concerns. [Update 21:38] Updates and reboots are progressing. — On Tuesday, 16 June 2020 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including updates and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux updates/reboot – 19 May 2020, 17:00-23:00

[Update: 22:35] All systems are patched and online. Please contact support with any questions or concerns. [Update: 18:31] Many systems have been rebooted and patching completed. Updates will be posted with more information once more systems are finished. On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including updates and reboots, will …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – USS Update – 28 Apr 2020, 05:00-06:00

[ Update – 05:25] The maintenance is complete. Please contact support with any questions or issues. On April 28th 2020 at 05:00am the Universal Scale Storage service will undergo routine maintenance. Brief outages may be observed during the updates. 

SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux update/reboot – 21 April 2020, 17:00-23:00

[Update 22:45] Most systems have been rebooted. Please contact SDSC support with any questions or concerns. [Update 17:05] System patches and reboots are occurring. More updates will be posted when complete — On Tuesday, 21 April 2020 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including updates and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems …

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SDSC Outage Notification – Datacenter Networking Issues – 11:45, 30 Mar 2020

[Update 14:30] Different network paths are providing network connectivity. Please contact SDSC Operations if you have any additional questions or concerns. [Update 13:20] SDSC engineers are reconfiguring network devices to bring the connections to working equipment. They are also in communication with the hardware vendors for component replacement. [Update 12:43] The known scope of the …

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SDSC Datacenter Operations under COVID-19 response

Dear Colleagues, In an attempt to reduce confusion with regards to decisions made within the University of California, I wanted to reach out regarding your SDSC colocation service. It is true that UC San Diego has taken steps to reduce the number of people on campus in an effort to help contain COVID-19 (Coronavirus). That …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – Linux update/reboot – 18 Feb 2020, 17:00-23:00

[Update: 19:09] Many of the systems have been updated and rebooted including the general purpose login nodes and the central NFS server. — On Tuesday, 18 February 2020 between 17:00 and 23:00, general system maintenance, including updates and reboots, will occur for the following systems. Systems will be unavailable during reboots. Please save all work …

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SDSC Planned Maintenance – OpenStack Cloud Upgrade – 10 Feb 2020, 10:59

[Update – 12:18, 19 Feb] The SDSC Cloud Upgrade has been completed. Please contact the SDSC Cloud Team at support@sdsc.edu if you have any questions or concerns. Dear SDSC Cloud Users, Reminder that the upgrade starts today. SDSC Cloud will be upgraded to the 19th release (aka Stein) of OpenStack from Feb 10th to Feb …

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SDSC Outage Notification – data center network issues – 10 Jan 2020, 19:30

[Update – 23:48, 10 Jan] The issues have been resolved. The outage was due to an incorrectly configured network device. — Network connectivity is limited for systems on UCSD IP space housed at the SDSC data center. SDSC and UCSD engineers are working on the issue and more information will be posted here.

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