March maintenance window closed

Wednesday 7th of March UPPMAX began our monthly service window. Systems and services may become unreachable during the day. Updates will be posted here once the service starts.


Service window closed

The service window is finished for this time. All systems are expected to run as usual. Contact support@uppmax.uu.se if you get any problems. Thank you for your patience!


Update 2018-03-08 10:30

Irma & Milou Completed


Update 2018-03-08 07:00

Irma & Milou In progress


Update 2018-03-07 22:00

Rackham Completed No issue with the storage systems, and new jobs may start.


Update 2018-03-07 17:00

Bianca Completed We have implemented a workaround to the metadata problem for files, where files not always being listed although they exist. We now expect users to be able to list all their files at all times.

Rackham In progress


Update 2018-03-07 13:30

Rackham In progress The DDN team has successfully connected the new storage to Crex and finished firmware upgrades. They are now performing the critical step of taking Crex back up again and doing the final tests.


Milou In progress Milou is running its job database on Rackham. Now when Rackham is down, some functionality and scripts may be disturbed.

Imra In progress

Bianca In progress Upgrades on the filesystem Castor are postponed until later.

Grus Completed Grus maintenance now completed.


Update 2018-03-07 09:00

As mentioned in the news letter we will power off Rackham as part of extending the storage system.