New Backup Procedure on Pelle open
Dear all, The migration from the old storage system Crex to the new system Gorilla has now been completed for all projects on the Pelle cluster. As part of this...
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September maintenance window closed
The September maintenance window will begin at 09:00 CET on Tuesday 2 September. Login nodes will be restarted. Queues will be stopped on Miarka and Pelle. All systems will receive...
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Issues with password reset emails (now solved) closed
We have some difficulties with sending password reset emails today (If you reset your UPPMAX password using “Lost your password” link you will not get any email about the new...
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Bianca slow filesystem closed
Since last week, there are reports of projects that are experiencing slow filesystems and quota issues on Bianca. Troubleshooting is ongoing. Update 2026-08-13 08:30 No conclusive reason for the issues...
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Bianca login problems closed
Some login nodes for new projects are experiencing network issues and may not be accessible. Update 2026-08-12 10:30 The networking issues are resolved.
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August maintenance window closed
The August maintenance window will begin at 09:00 CET on Wednesday 5 August. Login nodes will be restarted. All systems will receive important bug fixes and security updates. Other than...
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Bianca problems closed
After Friday at lunch Bianca has problems with creating new nodes in OpenStack. We are sorry about the troubles this is causing. We are working on trying to fix the...
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Summer is here closed
During the end of July and beginning of August, specifically weeks 29-32, our response time may be longer than usual due to the summer vacations. Rest assured that the UPPMAX...
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Further Bianca hardware upgrade closed
Bianca has got an upgrade with more GPUs and memory. 17 nodes with Nvidia T4 Seventeen nodes in Bianca have been upgraded with the remaining 17 Nvidia T4 GPUs. To...
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July maintenance window closed
The July maintenance window will begin at 09:00 CET on Wednesday 1 July. Login nodes will be restarted. All systems will receive important bug fixes and security updates. Other than...
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UPPMAX power failure closed
UPPMAX had a power failure. The building where UPPMAX is located had a power failure so UPPMAX was also affected. We are working to bring everything back. Update 2026-06-24 08:40...
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Bianca problems closed
During Monday we experienced problem with launching new login nodes on Bianca. This was due to one malfunctioning router for the Cygnus storage system. We are sorry about the troubles...
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June maintenance window closed
The June maintenance window will begin at 09:00 CET on Wednesday 3 June. Login nodes will be restarted. Queues will be stopped on Miarka and Pelle. All systems will receive...
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Bianca problems closed
We are currently experiencing issues with Bianca. There is a problem with the openstack launching new nodes. We are investigating. Update 2026-05-28 10:00 The MariaDB-galera database has been repaired and...
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Security Maintenance closed
Due to an urgent security issue we had to block a feature in the Linux kernel right away. So far, one know issue is that OpenMPI reqired this and now...
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Bianca problems closed
We are currently experiencing issues with Bianca. The problems started on Friday. There are problems with creating new login nodes. We are working with trying to fix the problem and...
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Security Maintenance closed
Due to a security issue we will block, fix and then restart all of our clusters. We are sorry for the troubles this is causing. Update 2026-05-08 11:20 We have...
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May maintenance window closed
The May maintenance window will begin at 09:00 CET on Wednesday 6 May. Login nodes will be restarted. All systems will receive important bug fixes and security updates. Other than...
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Security Maintenance closed
Due to a security issue we will fix and restart many of our login nodes for our clusters. This will be done right away. Sorry for the troubles this is...
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Bianca: Parts of /sw directory tree unavailable closed
Last friday, April 24, we had issues with two servers belonging to storage system Castor that hosts /sw directory tree on Bianca. This made parts of /sw directory tree unavailable...
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