Completed
Maintenance is complete.
All services have been returned to service.
Three cheers to the superstars who toil behind the scenes.
Please note for Setonix.
* The 2025.03 software stack on Setonix has been removed.
* The gpu-dev partition has been reduced from 10 to 8 nodes.
* The gpu-highmem partition maximum walltime has been increased to 2 days.
* The "linaro-forge" module is now available, providing the map profiler and ddt debugger, and set to replace the "arm-forge" module in July.
If you have any questions, problems or just want to say hi, please contact the Helpdesk (help@pawsey.org.au).
Posted May 05, 2026 - 16:46 AWST
Update
Startup completed—Banksia is back in operation.
Posted May 05, 2026 - 15:51 AWST
Verifying
Core services have been returned to service.
Maintenance work completed on all the vis services.
Xenon are currently updating the storage controllers, and their ETA for return to Pawsey is 5:30 PM.
The slurm database pruning has been cancelled. Once the backup has been restored, Setonix will be verified it is fit for service. ETA for return to service is 6 PM.
Apologies for the delays.
Posted May 05, 2026 - 15:38 AWST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted May 05, 2026 - 08:00 AWST
Scheduled
Maintenance will be carried out on Pawsey systems on Tuesday the 5th May 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:
• Pawsey's core network switch will have a firmware update applied. *This will interrupt all connectivity into Pawsey*.
• Update the firmware of Aruba management switches in Setonix.
• Setonix will have the latest bug and security fixes applied from openSUSE Leap 15.6.
• The removal of the 2025.03 software stack on Setonix.
• The gpu-dev partition will be reduced from 10 to 8 nodes.
• The gpu-highmem partition will have maximum walltime increased to 2 days.
• Acacia and Nectar deployment system will be reconfigured with new machines.
• Banksia will have the latest bug and security fixes from Rocky Linux.
• Banksia will have a ScoutAM upgrade.
• Banksia's storage array will have a firmare update.
• Mediaflux server will have the latest bug and security fixes from Rocky Linux.
• Mediaflux will be upgraded.
• 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 Apr 28, 2026 - 09:51 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, 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).