Compute server upgrades continue

We’re pushing through on updating the remaining 64 bit compute nodes to Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty. Here’s the schedule:
This week (through Sep 9)
thwomp.mcs.anl.gov
vanquish.mcs.anl.gov
Next week (Sep 12-16)
trounce.mcs.anl.gov
churn.mcs.anl.gov
Week 3 (Sep 19-23)
crush.mcs.anl.gov
crank.mcs.anl.gov
grind.mcs.anl.gov
Week 4 (Sep 26-30)
compute001.mcs.anl.gov
steamroller.mcs.anl.gov
Week 5 (Oct 3-7)
stomp.mcs.anl.gov
During each rebuild, the machine will be unavailable for some portion of that day. We’ll announce the shutdown on the machine itself to all logged-in users 30 minutes prior to shutdown. After the machine is rebuilt, you’ll need to recreate any crontabs you had in place. Also note /sandbox is not backed up and data will be lost – never keep data in /sandbox that can’t be easily reproduced.
If you notice software packages missing or other oddities, please report them to [email protected].
We’ll start this week’s batch of machines tomorrow (Wednesday, September 7).
Let us know if this presents any problems.