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asking_for_help [2015/08/24 19:39]
mgstauff
asking_for_help [2017/10/11 19:28] (current)
mgstauff [--- If you're issue is not about the cluster ---]
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-====== Asking the Admins for Help ======+====== Getting Help ======
  
-You can email the admins for help, but first, look at this checklist:+====--- If you're issue is not about the cluster ---==== 
 + 
 +For example 
 +  - Most network connection issues 
 +  - Software licenses for your desktop or laptop (for example Matlab or Office). Check with your PI and department, or use the contacts below. 
 + 
 +===Hospital faculty/staff/students or UPHS Network/VPN=== 
 +If you're with UPHS (not School of Medicine), or if your issue is a UPHS networking or VPN issue, you probably need to [[accounts_and_vpn#Getting_Help_for_UPHS_Network_Accounts_and_Issues| Contact UPHS Support]] 
 + 
 +===SAS or SEAS faculty/staff/students or PennNet=== 
 +If you're __not__ with UPHS, or your issue is with PennNet or AirPennNet, check with ISC: 
 +https://www.isc.upenn.edu/facultystaff-support-directory 
 + 
 +====--- CfN Cluster Issues ---==== 
 +You can email the CfN admins for help with the CfN cluster, but first, look at this checklist:
  
   - Are you running on chead instead of nodes?   - Are you running on chead instead of nodes?
-  - Is it a memory issue? See the FAQ.+  - Is it a memory issue? See the [[common_errors|Common Errors page]].
   - Have you checked with your colleagues if they use the same or similar scripts or tools?   - Have you checked with your colleagues if they use the same or similar scripts or tools?
   - Is your disk quota full? Use ''df -h /data/<path-to-my-data-directory>'' to check.   - Is your disk quota full? Use ''df -h /data/<path-to-my-data-directory>'' to check.
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   * Are you using qlogin or qsub?   * Are you using qlogin or qsub?
   * Include the command you ran.   * Include the command you ran.
-  * Include the output of the command and full error messages, or include the link to output files that show what's happened (i.e. for qsub, the .e and .o files).+  * Include the output of the command and FULL error messages, or include the path to output files that show what's happened (i.e. for qsub, the .e and .o files).
   * What did you expect to happen?   * What did you expect to happen?
-  * Has this worked before? If so, when? On the same data set or exact data? +  * Has this worked before? If so, when? Did it work on the same data set or the exact same data? Does it work with other data sets or data point? 
 +  * Email us at <admin@cfn.med.upenn.edu>
asking_for_help.1440445192.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/08/24 19:39 by mgstauff