[Research] Machine Room Shutdown Friday

[Michael J. Baysek]

Also

Be sure to use the .autonlab.org DNS suffix when connecting to the servers.

Do not try to use .cs.cmu.edu suffix (ex lop1.auton.cs.cmu.edu), as this 
will not work during the temporary move.





Michael J. Baysek wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> The following machines are available from now through this weekend:
> 
> LOP1.AUTONLAB.ORG
> LOR1.AUTONLAB.ORG
> LOR2.AUTONLAB.ORG
> LOQ1.AUTONLAB.ORG
> 
> The rest of the compute machines will be shut down tomorrow night at 
> around 9:30 PM due to the SCS Machine Room Shutdown.
> 
> Be aware that the above listed machines will be shut down again on 
> Monday morning, so that they can be moved back to the machine room.
> 
> Happy computing!
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Michael J. Baysek wrote:
>> Correction to following statement:
>>  >
>>
>> After Friday @ 11:30 AM, if you start a job, remember to use LOP1, 
>> LOR1,  or LOR2.  Any jobs running *on other machines* at 9:30 PM will 
>> be terminated when I shut down the rest of the machines.
>>  >
>>
>>
>> Michael J. Baysek wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> I have updated information about tomorrow's outages.
>>>
>>> At Friday @ 10:00 AM I will be shutting down LOP1, LOR1, LOR2 and 
>>> relocating them out of the machine room.  I have to setup a VPN and 
>>> change the static NAT on the firewall.  The machines should be 
>>> available no later than 11:30.
>>>
>>> After Friday @ 11:30 AM, if you start a job, remember to use LOP1, 
>>> LOR1, or LOR2.  Any jobs running at 9:30 PM will be terminated when I 
>>> shut down the rest of the machines.
>>>
>>> Through the weekend, be sure to check the machine status page to find 
>>> out what machines are available.  If a machine shows no statistics 
>>> under it's name, it is not available.
>>>
>>> By Monday everything should be back to normal.
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>> Michael J. Baysek wrote:
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> As some of you may know, SCS is shutting down non-essential hardware 
>>>> in the machine room on Friday at 11:00 PM.
>>>>
>>>> They have agreed to keep our core infrastructure (web and file 
>>>> servers, etc) machines up, but we will be shutting down most of the 
>>>> LOP, LOQ, LOR, and LOS machines.
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to avoid having to shut down the machines (LOP1, LOS1) 
>>>> which have long running jobs, but I cannot promise it, so if you are 
>>>> planning on starting a long running job, please refrain until Monday.
>>>>
>>>> I will send more information as it becomes available.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 


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Michael J. Baysek
Systems Analyst
Carnegie Mellon University, Auton Lab
http://www.autonlab.org
mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu