26 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Contingencies

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic the ANU has asked all staff to work from home starting 25 Mar 2020. NCI systems remain fully operational and will be supported remotely. NCI user support will continue to operate as normal, with email the preferred mode of support interaction - help@nci.org.au.  

Normal day to day work for most NCI groups is expected to resume following a brief period of disruption as staff adjust to the new work from home regime. All meetings have been moved to teleconference or zoom. Physical dispersal of staff will affect our ability to respond in a timely fashion for some situations, particularly where group consultations or approvals are needed. We would like to ask for your patience as we all adjust to this new way of working. 

02 Apr 2020 - 06 Apr 2020 Q2 Scheduled Maintenance

Gadi and the /g/data3 file system will undergo quarterly scheduled maintenance starting on Thursday 02 Apr 2020.

Systems affected by Q2 maintenance

• Gadi: 8am Thursday 02 Apr 2020 to 8am Monday 06 Apr 2020 
• /g/data3 and VDI instances reliant on /g/data3: 8am-6pm Thursday 02 Apr 2020 ONLY
• THREDDS data services: 7am-7pm Thursday 02 Apr 2020 ONLY

Systems not affected by Q2 maintenance

• /g/data1a, /g/data1b, /g/data4 Lustre file systems
• Partner cloud VM instances
• VMware instances
• VDI instances not reliant on /g/data3

Gadi will be offline for scheduled maintenance from 8:00am AEDT Thursday 02 Apr 2020  until 8:00am AEST Monday 06 Apr 2020. This extended maintenance period is required for upgrades to Gadi's water cooling system and supporting NCI data centre infrastructure. (Note that the ACT, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria revert to standard time at 2am Sunday 05 Apr 2020.)