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  • We will be deleting all the home directories. (They were originally copied there as a testing convenience during our test phase.)
  • We do this to enable a clean import of researchers' current production home directories from Helios.
  • Lulu has advised them of this from before the Thanksgiving break, so hopefully no surprises.
  • Bottom line: If there are any files on Sol which researchers cannot afford to lose (hopefully not- it was in test mode, and it's not being backed up!), researchers must move that data to Helios right away (deadline?).

2) After a predetermined date, researchers will not have access to Sol until it is again ready for testing.

  • Sol will need to be turned off and worked on by us. (Approximate duration?) Therefore, it will be off-line to researcher.
  • Ad hoc permission to select researches (Prasad?) will be granted so they may install and test their software.
  • Tasks for us to do:

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        • Get the server's versioning hard disk recognized within the new head node.

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        • Lulu to install the Intel compiler in the /software/ directory, with the proper licensing.

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        • Your group (Prasad?) to install the Materials Studio software in the /data/ Hoffmann/bin/ directory. If Prasad is not available to do this, let's discuss our options- thank you.

      3) Researchers will be asked to test select software on Sol.

      • Changes to where the Intel compiler and Materials Studio reside (to facilitated debugging and support) must be confirmed to work for researchers.
      • Again we are testing on Sol. Thus, the only production work should still be on Helios, not Sol.

      Oliver's quick notes:

      11/15/13, from email sent to Roald, by Oliver:

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