7/7/2005 Athena Downtime Scheduled

CISER is planning a prolonged downtime (of 3-5 days) for all Athena nodes and the attached file server on July 25-29th. During this time, our data archive downloads, computing workshop handout downloads, and VPN Client downloads will also be unavailable. This downtime will allow us to update many applications to the latest versions, as well as to perform important maintenance and apply security patches. Please let us know immediately if this poses a critical problem for your research so that we can try to make alternate arrangements for you on those days.

7/6/2005

Athena02 had to be rebooted shortly before 8 AM this morning. It is back in service now. Please report any problems to ciser@cornell.edu

6/25/2005

Athena01 is back in service. Please report any problems to ciser@cornell.edu

6/24/2005 2:00 PM

Athena01 is having problems again. Please use another node. Remember that you should NOT store your files on the desktop of any node. You SHOULD store them in your home directory on the U:\ drive. That way they will be accessible from ANY node. Please review http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/ciserrsch_sections/athena_c5.shtml for more detail and instructions.

6/22/2005 2:00 PM

Athena01 is back online. Please report any problems to ciser@cornell.edu

6/22/2005 11:20 AM

Athena01 is experiencing network problems and will be restarted. We will post a notice here when it is back up.

6/16/2005 9:15 AM

Athena19 is back online and working properly again.
User Tips!

See http://ciser.cornell.edu/ASPs/AthenaStats.asp for information about how busy each node is.
See http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/athena_software.shtml for a list of what software is on each node.

6/15/2005 4:00 PM

Athena19 is down until further notice.

6/13/2005: 2:15 PM

Athena01 had to be shut down at about 12:30 today. It is back up and available again. Please report any problems to ciser@cornell.edu

6/3/2005: 4:00 PM

Athena02 is online and working properly again.

6/2/2005: 5:00 PM

Athena02 is having hardware issues. The T:\drive is unavailable which causes some applications to fail. Please use another node until further notice.

5/19/2005 11:50 AM

Athena02 will be restarted at ~12:30 today. Please plan accordingly.

5/17/2005: 3:55 PM

Athena64 is back up and running.

IMPORTANT Reminder to ALL ATHENA USERS on ALL NODES! Please do not store any data or files on the C:\ drive of any Athena node. All files should be stored in your home directory, or you can use the T:\ drive for temporary space.

To clear files that Internet Explorer stores on the C:\ drive:

From within an open Internet Explorer Window: Go to Tools --> Internet Options --> choose the "General" tab, and then choose "delete files"

For a review of managing files and processes on the Athena nodes please see http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/ciserrsch_sections/athena_c8.shtml

5/17/2005: 2:45 PM

Athena64 has come to a virtual halt and must be restarted. We apologize for the inconvenience. We will post a notice here when the node is back up.

Reminder to ALL ATHENA USERS on ALL NODES! Please do not store any data or files on the C:\ drive of any Athena node. All files should be stored in your home directory, or you can use the T:\ drive for temporary space.
For a review of managing files and processes on the Athena nodes please see http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/ciserrsch_sections/athena_c8.shtml

5/13/2005:

Athena64 is experiencing temporary network related issues:

The web browser and mapped U:\ drive will not work until this issue is resolved.
For now you will need to substitute "\\CISERRSCHFS1" for the "U:\" in pathnames.

For example instead of "U:\user1\cam6" use "\\CISERRSCHFS1\user1\cam6".

4/27/2005:

Good news!! A completely new Athena65 is up and running! Please notify ciser@cornell.edu if you have any problems accessing or using the new node!
Athena02 had to be restarted at mid-day today because it had lost network connectivity. Users who had sessions running on that node have been notified.

4/19/2005:

As of 8:40 AM: All of the Athena nodes (except for Athena65) are back up, and security patches have been installed.

4/17/2005:

Athena65 is down and will be replaced by a new server later this week.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the attached file server (the U:\ drive) will be taken down for the installation of security patches this coming Tuesday, April 19th, from about 7-8:30 AM. Please plan your work accordingly.

4/15/3005:

Athena65 is back up.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the attached file server (the U:\ drive) will be taken down for the installation of security patches this coming Tuesday, April 19th, from about 7-8:30 AM. Please plan your work accordingly.

4/14/3005:

Athena65 is down until further notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the attached file server (the U:\ drive) will be taken down for the installation of security patches this coming Tuesday, April 19th, from about 7-8:30 AM. Please plan your work accordingly.

4/13/2005

Athena65 is back on line (4:20 PM).
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the attached file server (the U:\ drive) will be taken down for the installation of security patches this coming Tuesday, April 19th, from about 7-8:30 AM. Please plan your work accordingly.

4/13/2005: 8:30 AM

Athena65 is down and Unisys is working on it. We will post a notice to this website when the machine is again available.
Athena18 appears to have rebooted itself around 4:00 AM. Users who had jobs running there will need to restart them there or on another node.

4/12/2005: Athena64 had to be restarted at approximately 9:30 AM. Users who were connected at the time were notified.

4/11/2006: Athena65 is repaired and back online as of ~11:30 this morning.

4/8/2005: Notice re: Athena65

Athena65 is scheduled for a hardware upgrade. The node will be down from approximately 10-11:30 AM on Monday, April 11th. Please plan your work accordingly.

4/6/2005 Athena65 continues to have problems

Athena65 was down again this morning, but is back up as about 1:00 PM this afternoon. CISER recommends that you use Athena64 for long running jobs until we find that Athena65 is equally stable.

4/05/2005 Problems with Athena65

Athena65 restarted itself at approximately Midnight this morning, and was back up as of 12:15 AM. Any jobs you had running on that node will need to be restarted there or on another node. We apologize for the inconvenience.

4/04/2005 Problems with Athena02

Athena02 had to be restarted this evening (around 6:00 pm), and was back up as of 6:30 PM. Any jobs you had running on that node will need to be restarted there or on another node. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Important reminder to ALL USERS: Please be sure to save all of your work in your home directory on the U:\ drive. Do NOT save files to the Athena node desktop. That way if any node is down you can always use another node!

For a refresher on how to manage files on the Athena nodes please see http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/ciserrsch_sections/athena_c4.shtml

3/30/2005 Problems with Athena01

Athena01 had to be restarted this morning (around 8:30 am), and is back up as of 9:00 AM. Any jobs you had running on that node will need to be restarted there or on another node. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Important reminder to ALL USERS: Please be sure to save all of your work in your home directory on the U:\ drive. Do NOT save files to the Athena node desktop. That way if any node is down you can always use another node!

For a refresher on how to manage files on the Athena nodes please see http://ciser.cornell.edu/athena/ciserrsch_sections/athena_c4.shtml

3/25/2005 UPDATE Notice regarding Athena02 and Athena65:

Athena02 had to be restarted this morning. Those users affected were notified to restart their jobs on that node.
Athena65 was down earlier today due to a hardware failure. The node was back up as of about 2:30 this afternoon.

3/21/2005: NOTICE to all Athena users regarding expired passwords!

Due to system level changes, many Athena user passwords expired today. Those users affected will receive a password expiration message upon first logon to any Athena node and will be prompted to created a new password. Attempts to connect the VPN or to use a mapped drive to the file server will fail until you have logged on to one of the nodes and changed your password.

3/16/2005: Notice: Connectivity to the Athena computing nodes and file server may be sporadic on Wednesday morning, March 23rd, from 5-7 AM, due to work being done on the switches in Rhodes Hall. The servers should still be running and jobs in process should NOT be interrupted, but your connections to the file server or to any specific node may be interrupted during that time. Please plan your work accordingly.

3/14/2005: STATA on more nodes:

Stata has been re-installed on several of the 32-bit Athena nodes (namely Athena15-16, and 18-21). There are guidelines below for choosing which node to use for any Stata job.

32-bit nodes (Athena15-16,18-21)
Use these nodes for optimum performance on jobs requiring less than 50 MB of memory!

64-bit nodes (Athena64-65):
These nodes are the ones you must use if your job requires more than 50 MB of memory.
On these nodes, you may use the SET MEM command to request up to 2 GB memory.

For access to more than 2 GB of memory for your Stata job(s) you may send a request to ciser@cornell.edu.

For optimum performance on any node please remember to request only the amount of memory that you truly need -- since requesting more memory can actually slow your job (and others) down! For help determining how much memory your job needs please see http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/memory1.html

3/10/2005 11:00 AM

ALL ATHENA NODES and the CISERDFS1 File Server are back up and running. Please report any problems to ciser@cornell.edu.

During the downtime the following things were accomplished:
- Installation of EditPlus on all nodes
- Re-installation of Stata to Athena nodes 15-16, and 18-21, with Stata updates applied.
- Memory limitations put in place for Stata:
- Updates applied to SPSS
- Upgrade of StatTransfer to version 8
- Microsoft updates; including special requested patches
- SAS Service Pack applied to Athena01 and Athena02

3/08/2005:

Athena01 was had to be restarted unexpectedly this morning between between 9 and 10 AM. Users who had jobs running on that node will have to restart them. Futher maintenance and upgrades will be done during the SCHEDULED DOWNTIME FOR ALL NODES THIS THURSDAY, 3/10/2005 FROM 8-10 AM

3/07/2005: DOWNTIME NOTICE:

ALL ATHENA NODES and the CISERDFS1 File Server will be down for maintenance and upgrades this Thursday, 3/10/2005, from about 8-10 AM. We will post a notice to this page when the nodes are back in service.

2/18/2005 UPDATE:

Athena01 and 02 are back up and running as of approximately 3:00 PM.

2/18/2005 2:15 pm

An emergency reboot of both Athena01 and Athena02 will happen at approximately 2:30 PM today. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We will post a notice when these two nodes are back up. You may continue to use all other nodes during the reboot.

2/8/2005: 6:00 PM update

Athena01 is back up and running properly again.

2/8/2005

Athena01 will be restarted at 5:00 PM today due to system problems. It should be back up by 6:00 PM.

1/12/2005

UPDATE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the CISERDFS1 file server are back up as of approximately 12:45 this afternoon. Please notify ciser@cornell.edu if you have any problems with the nodes.

1/10/2005:

UPDATE: ALL ATHENA NODES and the CISERDFS1 file server will be down for updates and routine maintenance from approximately 7:00 am -- Noon on Wednesday, January 12

1/03/2005:

ALL ATHENA NODES and the CISERDFS1 file server will be down for updates and routine maintenance from approximately 8:00 am - Noon on Wednesday, January 12
Athena16 restarted unexpectedly early this morning. Jobs running there will need to be restarted.
Athena02 had to be rebooted at approximately 9:30 this morning . Jobs running there will also need to be restarted.