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Allocations Year Rollover Archive

User Actions Required for Allocation Year 2019

Note: Allocation Year 2018 (AY18) ends at 23:59:59 on Monday, January 7, 2019. AY19 starts on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 PST. All users must update their user information in NIM before using NERSC resources in Allocation Year 2019. Add at Least One MFA Token to Your Account In AY19, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) will be required for accessing NERSC resources in the majority of cases. This means that before you can access any other NERSC resources, you must log in to NIM and set up at… Read More »

Important Changes for Allocation Year 2018

Note: Allocation Year 2017 (AY17) ends at 23:59:59 on Monday, January 8, 2018. AY18 starts on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 PST. Cori and Edison Batch System Changes Beginning in Allocation Year 2018 on January 9, 2018 NERSC is introducing a simplified batch submission scheme. Users need only specify a QOS (quality of service) in their batch scripts. SLURM scripts that specify a partition are deprecated and those that do will fail upon submission starting February 9, 2018. Current scripts will… Read More »

Allocation Year Rollover: 2017 to 2018

The NERSC 2017 Allocation Year  (AY17) ends at 23:59:59 on Monday, January 8, 2018. AY18 runs from Tuesday, January 9, 2018 through Monday, January 07, 2019. Below are major changes that will go into effect with the beginning of AY18 on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. All times listed are PST. Scheduled System and Service Downtimes The NIM accounting web interface will be unavailable for about one hour beginning at 8 am on January 9, 2018. Cori and Edison will be unavailable during maintenance… Read More »

Allocation Year Rollover: 2016 to 2017

Note: Allocation Year 2016 (AY16) ends at 23:59:59 on Monday, January 9, 2017. AY17 runs from Tuesday, January 10, 2017 through Monday, January 08, 2018. Below are major changes that will go into effect with the beginning of AY17 on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. All times listed are PST. Scheduled System and Service Downtimes There will be no computational systems disruptions during the allocation year rollover and jobs will run uninterrupted. No service downtimes are expected, except that the… Read More »

Allocation Year Transition: 2018 to 2019

The NERSC 2018 Allocation Year (AY18) ends at 7:00 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. AY19 runs from through Monday, January 13, 2020. Below is information related to the Allocation Year Rollover plans. All times listed are Pacific Time. Changes at End of Allocation Year 2018 The following changes are implemented in preparation for the AY Rollover. Premium QOS Disabled January 2-7 Beginning January 2, 2019, submissions to the premium queue on Cori and Edison will be disabled. The premium QOS will… Read More »

Allocation Year Transition: 2019 to 2020

The 2019 NERSC Allocation Year ends and the 2020 Allocation Year starts at 7 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Read about changes that impact users and projects. Read More »

Allocation Year Transition: 2020 to 2021

The 2019 NERSC Allocation Year ends and the 2020 Allocation Year starts at 7 a.m. PST on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Read about changes that impact users and projects. Read More »

Allocation Year Transition: 2021 to 2022

The 2021 NERSC Allocation Year ends and the 2022 Allocation Year starts at 7 a.m. PST on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Read about changes that impact users and projects. Read More »

Allocation Year Transition: 2022 to 2023

The 2022 NERSC Allocation Year ends and the 2023 Allocation Year starts at 7 a.m. PST on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Read about changes that impact users and projects. Read More »