NOTICE: FULL O2 Cluster Outage, January 3 - January 10th

O2 will be completely offline for a planned HMS IT data center relocation from Friday, Jan 3, 6:00 PM, through Friday, Jan 10

  • on Jan 3 (5:30-6:00 PM): O2 login access will be turned off.
  • on Jan 3 (6:00 PM): O2 systems will start being powered off.

This project will relocate existing services, consolidate servers, reduce power consumption, and decommission outdated hardware to improve efficiency, enhance resiliency, and lower costs.

Specifically:

  • The O2 Cluster will be completely offline, including O2 Portal.
  • All data on O2 will be inaccessible.
  • Any jobs still pending when the outage begins will need to be resubmitted after O2 is back online.
  • Websites on O2 will be completely offline, including all web content.

More details at: https://harvardmed.atlassian.net/l/cp/1BVpyGqm & https://it.hms.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-data-center-relocation

Open an O2 command line terminal

You can open one or more shell terminal on O2 login nodes directly from within the O2Portal. The OOD shell terminal behaves as any other terminal you might use, allowing you to run all of your favorite Slurm and Linux commands..

To open the O2 terminal click on Clusters and >_O2 Production Cluster Shell Access

a new tab will open and you should see a page that looks like:

and you can open additional terminal in new tabs by clicking again on the same link.

you can’t open graphical interface (GUI) software from this terminal. If you need to run a GUI based software in OOD that is not already available under the APPs, please reach out to rchelp@hms.harvard.edu and we can help you selecting the best approach.