GPFS Protocol node restarts 3:30pm, all access to M: and S: drives will be disrupted

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Bioeconomy Science Institute AgResearch eRI

Completed

GPFS restart has resolved the current issues with no locked files for the last 40 hours.
Posted Aug 07, 2026 - 11:19 NZST

Verifying

Verification is currently underway for the maintenance items.
Posted Aug 05, 2026 - 15:42 NZST

Update

There continues to be ongoing issues with M: and S: drives and the SMB/NFS mounts. There is likely to be a daily restart until the issue is resolved. This has has been escalated to the vendors for further assistance.
Posted Aug 05, 2026 - 15:16 NZST

Scheduled

Last nights service restarts did clear some file locks but apparently not all of them. So we will try again tonight using a bigger hammer. Apologies for any inconvenience this repeated issue is causing.
Posted Aug 05, 2026 - 14:07 NZST
This scheduled maintenance affected: Managed Storage Service.