MATLAB R2018b

[Predrag Punosevac]

Predrag Punosevac <predragp at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Predrag Punosevac <predragp at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Autonians,
> > 
> > I just installed MATLAB R2018b to low1. Due to the size of installation
> > files (12GB) things are moving slowly but I am on the role now and few
> > computing nodes will be added within 30 minutes. I hope that all servers
> > including the servers of Neill's group will have the new version by
> > tomorrow morning. I will not spam you with additional e-mail.
> > 
> > Desktops as well as one virtual machine which uses MATLAB will have to
> > wait until Wednesday.
> > 
> > Predrag
> 
> Quick update on the status of MATLAB. Few good news and some not so good
> news. 
> 
> The MATLAB is now upgraded to the latest 2018b on the following CPU
> nodes:
> 
> low1, lov1, lov2, lov3, lov4, lov5, ari, foxconn, athena
> 
> as well as on gpu1
> 
> as a bonus I also upgraded all the software but with exception of gpu1 I
> didn't reboot machines so the kernel is still few months old. However
> the userland is the latest.
> 
> I have encountered few problems. It looks like MATLAB installation
> breaks NVidia driver and reboot is needed for MATLAB to see GPU devices.
> That means that GPU nodes will have to be rebooted unless we have
> serious reason to hold the process.
> 

I was able to install the latest release of MATLAB on all GPU servers
(2-9) without rebooting them. Also all the software is now up to date.
Please rebuilt "deep learning" toolbox accordingly. 

The remaining issue is lack of space on Neill's servers. I will have to
deal with it tomorrow. Personal desktops and that single virtual machine
instance which uses MATLAB will have to wait Wednesday as I have things
which must be done tomorrow. 

Predrag



> Also none of Neill's servers have enough HDD space for the latest
> MATLAB (30 GB during the installation). I will have to take little break
> from this before I can think of what can be done. 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Predrag
> 
> P.S. If you don't want me to reboot GPU servers please speak now!