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Anunna maintenance

Maintenance windows allow us to safely perform essential updates and upgrades that cannot be carried out while the cluster is in use. By grouping this work into planned downtimes, we keep Anunna secure, reliable and up to date while minimising unexpected disruption.

Anunna is taken down for planned maintenance — firmware and software updates — roughly twice a year. Typically one downtime is scheduled in April or May and another in October in a week free of teaching, to disrupt usage as little as possible.

During a downtime the cluster is unavailable. Jobs are not scheduled to run across a planned downtime, so check the announced dates when planning long jobs.

Maintenance schedule

Scheduled downtime	Date	Planned work	Unavailable services
Autumn 2026	12–16 October 2026	OS patching Lustre upgrade to version 2.17	HPC compute Login nodes Web applications Lustre storage
Spring 2027
Autumn 2027

Announcements

Planned maintenance is announced in advance — watch the Message of the Day on the Apps Portal, login nodes and we always send out an announcement in advance over e-mail.

Reporting problems

If something is not working — during or outside maintenance — see How to Get Help.

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-== Maintenance and Management ==
+== Anunna maintenance ==
+Maintenance windows allow us to safely perform essential updates and upgrades that cannot be carried out while the cluster is in use. By grouping this work into planned downtimes, we keep Anunna secure, reliable and up to date while minimising unexpected disruption.
-The cluster is maintained for firmware and software updates on a six-monthly basis. Typically one downtime is scheduled in April/May in a week that is free of education, whilst the other is scheduled in October, in order to disrupt usage as little as possible.
+Anunna is taken down for planned maintenance — firmware and software updates — roughly twice a year. Typically one downtime is scheduled in April or May and another in October in a week free of teaching, to disrupt usage as little as possible.
-Any issues should be directed to us through [https://support.wur.nl/ WUR's Support portal]
+During a downtime the cluster is unavailable. Jobs are not scheduled to run across a planned downtime, so check the announced dates when planning long jobs.
+== Maintenance schedule ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Scheduled downtime
+! Date
+! Planned work
+! Unavailable services
+|-
+| Autumn 2026
+| 12–16 October 2026
+| OS patching<br>Lustre upgrade to version 2.17
+| HPC compute<br>Login nodes<br>Web applications<br>Lustre storage
+|-
+| Spring 2027
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+| Autumn 2027
+|
+|
+|
+|}
+== Announcements ==
-Choose Support --> Create a ticket and register this On the HPC (Anunna) service.
+Planned maintenance is announced in advance — watch the Message of the Day on the [[Portal Overview|Apps Portal]], login nodes and we always send out an announcement in advance over e-mail.
+== Reporting problems ==
-Questions or incidents can also be registered via the mail: servicedesk.it@wur.nl
+If something is not working — during or outside maintenance — see [[How to Get Help]].
-And it can be done via the telephone: +31 317 488888
-Please give your name and phonenumber and tell that your mail/call is about Anunna and give the company you are working for.
+== See also ==
-When you call the servicedesk, give also your email address.
+* [[How to Get Help]]
+* [[Cluster Architecture Overview]]