Completed
All Pawsey services have been returned to production.
Please e-mail help@pawsey.org.au if you require assistance.
Posted Oct 07, 2025 - 18:17 AWST
Verifying
Setonix has been upgraded to SLURM 24.11.6.
Setonix has had the latest bug and security fixes applied from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6.
Patching of core Pawsey services is complete.
Banksia is undergoing final testing.
Posted Oct 07, 2025 - 15:08 AWST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Oct 07, 2025 - 08:00 AWST
Scheduled
Maintenance will be carried out on Pawsey systems on Tuesday the 7th October 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:
• Setonix will be upgraded to SLURM 24.11.6.
• Setonix will have the latest bug and security fixes applied from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6.
• HPE will replace hardware in the E1000 which provides the scratch filesystem.
• HPE will make a change to the Slingshot fabric QOS.
• HPE will upgrade the firmware of the Aruba switches in Setonix.
• ASKAP Ingest will be upgraded to SLURM 24.11.6.
• Banksia will have the latest bug and security fixes applied from Rocky 8.10.
• Banksia will have a ScoutAM upgrade.
• Banksia tape library firmware update.
• Nebula will have the latest bug and security fixes applied from Windows.
• Patching of visualisation services will be undertaken.
• Patching of core Pawsey services will be undertaken.
If you have any questions, please contact help@pawsey.org.au.
Posted Sep 30, 2025 - 13:06 AWST
This scheduled maintenance affected: 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), 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).