Topic of the Month
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2025
2024
- 11/24: Updating Host Identification Keys for Gateway Nodes
- 10/24: Home System Migration Complete
- 09/24: ICER Recommends Transitioning from Anaconda to Miniforge
- 08/24: Change to modules in SLURM jobs
- 07/24: Reminder for Users Transferring Data from Google Drive to the HPCC
- 06/24: New OS and OnDemand Workarounds
- 05/24 Operating System Upgrade Documentation
- 04/24 Software Needs for ICER's Operating System Upgrade
- 03/24 New NVIDIA Grace Nodes Available for All ICER Users
- 02/24 Upcoming HPCC Operating System Upgrade
- 01/24 Annual CPU and GPU Hour Limits Have Been Reset
2023
- 12/23 What is the purpose of scheduled downtimes on the HPCC?
- 11/23 An Even Easier Way to Write and Run Code on the HPCC With Browser-Based VS Code
- 10/23 Easier Way to Launch Interactive Jobs on the HPCC
- 09/23 Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code
- 08/23 Using VS Code to Connect to the HPCC
- 07/23 Install Software on the HPCC With EasyBuild
- 06/23 ICER Research Consultants Teach CMSE 890 Courses
- 05/23 Changes to srun for jobs with multiple CPUs per task
- 04/23 Running MPI Jobs through the OnDemand Interactive Desktop Terminal
- 03/23 What can the MSU Data Machine do for you
- 02/23 Changes to the GS21 SCRATCH Filesystem
- 01/23 Annual CPU and GPU Hour Limits Have Been Reset
2022
- 11/22 New Documentation Feedback Option
- 10/22 Help with SSH Key-Based Authentication
- 09/22 Introducing Lab Notebooks in User Documentation
- 08/22 Mapping HPC Drives with SSHFS
- 07/22 Key Highlights: Migrating to New Scratch gs21
- 06/22 New Scratch System gs21 and Retirement of Is15 and gs18
- 05/22 Go Above and Beyond Using the HPCC's New Scavenger Queue
- 04/22 CPU and GPU Hour Credits for Node Failures
- 03/22 Facts About SLURM Usage
- 02/22 Troubleshooting Failed HPCC Jobs
- 01/22 Using Powertools With the HPCC
2021
- 12/21 Prevent File Loss on the HPCC
- 11/21 Using OnDemand for Python Programming on the MSU HPCC
- 10/21 Tracking-The-Progress-of-Your-Submitted-Ticket
- 09/21 User-Friendly HPCC Access with OnDemand
- 08/21 Stay Up to Date with HPCC System Status
- 07/21 Checklist to Improve Your Jobs Scheduling Time
- 06/21 Using Rclone to Manage Files on Cloud Storage
- 05/21 MATLAB 2021a Is Installed and Ready For Use
- 04/21 SLURM Job Failure Due to the oom Error
- 03/21 GPU and CPU Usage Limitation Imposed on General Accounts
- 02/21 ICER User Support Resources
- 01/21 New Feature Application Icons on Desktop
2020
- 12/20 Software Installation
- 10/20 Web Portal to HPCC Resources
- 09/20 AMD20 General Availability and ls15 purge
- 08/20 What To Do When Modules Cannot Be Loaded
- 07/20 Resolving Python Conflict
- 06/20 Introduction to HPCC Training Site
- 05/20 Tips for GPU Computing on HPCC
- 04/20 Tips for HPCC dev-node usage
- 03/20 How to deactivate conda base environment
- 02/20 Issues with copying files to your HPCC research space
- 01/20 Using Python on HPCC System
2019
- 11/19 HPCC FAQ
- 10/19 Rclone on HPCC
- 09/19 R package R2OpenBUGS available on the HPCC
- 08/19 R Plotting Enabling X11 Support on the Cluster
- 05/19 Job Policies on CPU Time Limits
- 04/19 Upcoming File Storage Migration
- 03/19 Check Status Changes using HPCC Announcements
- 02/19 QA on using your scratch space
2018
- 10/18 Request of Software installation in the new system
- 09/18 R on the new CentOS 7 nodes
- 07/18 Tips for software installation
- 06/18 Licensed Software Usage on HPCC
- 05/18 System migration to CentOS 7
- 04/18 Submitting jobs without qsub scripts
- 03/18 Good Practices for Using Local Disk Space
- 02/18 Trimming R objects to reduce memory
- 01/18 Job Management 101
2017
- 12/17 Using Interactive Jobs to increase productivity
- 11/17 How to Change Permission on Shared Research Space
- 10/17 Using htop to Monitor Jobs
- 09/17 How to check HPCC node usage?
- 08/17 What will happen to the HPCC account if you are not affliated with MSU
- 07/17 How to Report Login Issues
- 07/17 Software with Singularity
- 06/17 How to install Python Package
- 05/17 What is overutilization of resources on HPCC