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NCCS User Services Group
E-mail: support@nccs.nasa.gov
Phone/Phone-mail: 301-286-9120
Web-site: https://www.nccs.nasa.gov

===== GENERAL INFORMATION (as of 12:08 Wed Mar 20, 2024)
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Discover IP Range: If users have established authorizations with remote data
providers or data consumers that are based on IP addresses, the Discover
interactive and gateway nodes all fall within the IP range from
169.154.145.11 to 169.154.145.70.
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ADAPT Users with Access to Windows VMs: NASA security policy requires a
scheduled downtime every second Wednesday of the month from 9 to 10 a.m. to
reboot the ADAPT Windows VMs after the implementation of the "Microsoft
Patch Tuesday" updates released every second Tuesday of the month.
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Discover Users: When creating a ticket to report a Discover job crashing, if
possible please include the job ID.  This will greatly enhance our ability
to diagnose the problem.  Thank you.
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The MATLAB licenses on discover are in high demand.  If you are not actively
using MATLAB on the ineractive nodes, please exit your session so that
other users may use the local licenses.
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==== SCHEDULED SYSTEM UNAVAILABILITY (as of 16:30 Wed Sept 20, 2023)
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Date  Day Duration  System               Reason (Status)
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03/19 TUE 0830-1330 Mass Storage System  Maintenance (Completed).
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03/20 WED 0800-1200 ADAPT, JupyterHubs,  Monthly Maintenance (Completed)
                    Prism GPU, DataPortal, 
                    GIS services.
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03/20 WED 0700-1000 License Servers,edb1  Monthly Maintenance (Completed)
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EVERY THU 1000-1100 NCCS Bastion Login
--------            Services             Maintenance (see Details below).
Details:
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Each Thursday one of the systems supporting the NCCS SSH bastion login
service will be patched and rebooted, potentially disconnecting users.  The
remaining servers will remain up, allowing impacted users to immediately
reconnect.
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===== UNSCHEDULED SYSTEM UNAVAILABILITY (as of 12:08 Wed Mar 20, 2024)
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Date  Day Duration  System               Reason (Status)
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There is no unscheduled system unavailability.
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===== OTHER OUTAGES (as of 12:08 Wed Mar 20, 2024)
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Date  Day Duration  System               Reason (Status)
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There are no other outages.
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Curator: Mason Chang
NCCS User Services Group: 301-286-9120
Authorizing NASA Official: Dan Duffy, High-Performance Computing Lead, GSFC Code 606.2