From lsh at jlab.org Mon Nov 17 11:02:03 2025 From: lsh at jlab.org (Laura Hild) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:02:03 +0000 Subject: [lqcd-users] 24s, 21g AL/RHEL9.6 to 9.7 tomorrow Message-ID: Happy Monday, everyone- We regularly patch the QCD 24s and 21g clusters on the CST Division's monthly maintenance day, the third Tuesday. We do not ordinarily announce the patches because they are within a single minor release of the operating system. This time, however, tomorrow, the 18th, the updates to 24s and 21g will cross a minor release, taking us from AlmaLinux 9.6 to AlmaLinux 9.7, and from RHEL 9.6 to RHEL 9.7, respectively. A summary of changes can be found at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.7_release_notes/overview#overview-major-changes and the upstream operating system vendor's compatibility guide can be found at https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel9-abi-compatibility I do not expect the update to require you to take any action, but it is more likely with the minor-version update than with the regular, "z-stream" patches, so I am forewarning you. Please file a ServiceNow Incident at https://jlab.servicenowservices.com/scicomp with any questions or concerns. Thank you! -Laura