Verifying
Setonix has passed testing and has been returned to service.
Posted Nov 04, 2025 - 13:40 AWST
Update
Core service patching is complete.
All visualisation services have been returned to service.
Posted Nov 04, 2025 - 12:47 AWST
Update
Border router has been updated.
HPE has rebooted a number of Slingshot switches in Setonix.
The NetApp which provides /home on Setonix has been upgraded to the latest supported release of OnTAP.
Setonix is currently re-provisioning.
Banksia has completed its ScoutAM upgrade.
Posted Nov 04, 2025 - 10:54 AWST
Update
The border router is being updated.
Posted Nov 04, 2025 - 09:12 AWST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Nov 04, 2025 - 09:00 AWST
Scheduled
Maintenance will be carried out on Pawsey systems on Tuesday the 4th November to apply required patches and updates to improve the systems stability, security, and performance. This maintenance window will also be used to undertake other tasks which require down-time to achieve.
Planned work for this window includes:
• A number of Arista switches will have their EOS version updated, including the border router which will interrupt all traffic into and out of Pawsey.
• HPE will reboot a number of Slingshot switches in Setonix.
• Software changes on Setonix: installing new version of nextflow (25.04.6) and vasp (6.5.1) and implementing fixes to the hipfort/6.3.0 module.
• Setonix will have the latest bug and security fixes applied from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6.
• The NetApp which provides /home on Setonix will be upgraded to the latest supported release of OnTAP.
• Acacia Ingest will commence migration work off Puppet infrastructure.
• Acacia MWA will be upgraded to the latest version of Ceph (Reef).
• Banksia will have a ScoutAM upgrade.
• Banksia fibre channel switches firmware update.
• Patching of visualisation services will be undertaken.
• Patching of core Pawsey services will be undertaken.
• The license server will be updated to the latest version of FlexLM.
If you have any questions, please contact help@pawsey.org.au.
Posted Oct 29, 2025 - 08:14 AWST
This scheduled maintenance affects: ASKAP (ASKAP ingest nodes, ASKAP service nodes), Central Services (Authentication and Authorization, Service Desk, License Server, Application Portal, Origin, /home filesystem, /pawsey filesystem, Central Slurm Database, Documentation), Nimbus - Legacy (Ceph storage, Nimbus instances, Nimbus dashboard, Nimbus APIs), The Australian Biocommons (Fgenesh++), Storage Systems (Acacia Ingest, Acacia MWA, Acacia Projects, Banksia, Data Portal Systems, CASDA Nodes, MWA Nodes, MWA ASVO), Lustre filesystems (/scratch filesystem, /software filesystem, /askapbuffer filesystem, /askapingest filesystem), Setonix (Login nodes, Data-mover nodes, Slurm scheduler, Setonix work partition, Setonix debug partition, Setonix long partition, Setonix copy partition, Setonix askaprt partition, Setonix highmem partition, Setonix gpu partition, Setonix gpu high mem partition, Setonix gpu debug partition), and Visualisation Services (Remote Vis, Vis scheduler, Setonix vis nodes, Nebula vis nodes, Visualisation Lab, Reservation, CARTA - Stable, CARTA - Test, Pawsey Remote VR).