BwUniCluster2.0/Maintenance/2021-10

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The following changes are currently planned for the maintenance interval starting on 11.10.2021 (Monday) at 8 AM and ending on 15.10.2020 (Friday) at 12 AM.

This list will be extended and specified in the next days and weeks and is subject to change

Operating system

  • The operating system version will be upgraded to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4. We recommend to re-compile all applications after the upgrade.

Compilers, Libaries and Runtime Environments

Development tools

Userspace tools

  • The workspace tools will be switched to a different, more modern implementation. The workspace management commands will not change, but currently it is still being clarified how existing workspaces will be handled.

Software Modules

The following list it not exhaustive.

  • Update math/R software module to latest version 4.1.x.

Batch system

Storage

  • Upgrade of the Lustre file systems

Graphics stack

Containers