2025-07-01 — Upgrade to Rocky Linux 9
During the summer holidays, we have planned an upgrade of our clusters to Rocky Linux 9.
The migration timeline is planned starting July 2025 'till mid-September 2025.
Changes include:
- new versions of kernel packages, drivers, and system installed user packages
- update of Slurm to version 25.05 (already finished)
- only toolchain versions 2023a and above will be available
Users will need to:
- start using modules from 2023a or above
- recompiling your code and/or recreating your (virtual) environments
- check that their code still runs
- update job scripts (if needed)
During July 2025, there is a free test period for jobs running within the rocky9 reservation (which contains nodes that have already been upgraded).
For more information please check our Upgrade to Rocky Linux 9 webpage.