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Extending a request

New Portal Users

This page describes the use of our new HPC portal, at present ONLY members of Public Research Organisations have access.
If you are NOT with a Public Research Organisation please continue using my.nesi.org, see Logging In for further instructions.

Allocations on Mahuika and Freezer have an end date. To keep using an allocation past that date, ask for a new end date in the REANNZ HPC Portal. To make an allocation bigger or smaller, change its limits.

These are two separate requests, approved by different people. To renew and grow an allocation, make both.

Renew in the portal, not through an allocation call

To renew an existing project, use the steps on this page. Do not apply to an allocation call again. A call application creates a new project with a new project code.

Before you start

  • You need a role on the project. See your roles in the HPC Portal.
  • Make your request before the current end date. The portal does not accept an end date in the past, and an allocation may be removed once its end date has passed.
  • Request well ahead. Do not wait for a reminder.

Extend the end date

Project managers and project members can ask for a new end date. An organization owner at your institution approves it.

  1. Log in to https://hpc-portal.reannz.co.nz with Sign in with REANNZ. See logging in to the HPC Portal.
  2. Open the resource: go to Projects, open your project, click the Resources tab and select the allocation.
  3. Click Actions, then Request end date change.
  4. In Requested end date, pick the new end date.
  5. In Comment, explain why you need the extension. Whoever reviews it sees only the date and your comment, so include:
    • what the allocation is used for;
    • your recent usage, for example compute used against the limit;
    • what you expect to need over the new period.
  6. Click Send for Approval.

The request appears on the resource's End date change requests tab. The Pending list shows open requests and All shows past ones.

After you send a request

  • An organization owner at your institution reviews the request and approves or rejects it.
  • When approved, the new end date applies at once. There is no further step.
  • When rejected, the end date does not change.
  • Check the End date change requests tab on the resource to see the outcome.

If you see Set termination date instead of Request end date change, you are an organization owner and can set the date directly.

If you do not know who approves requests at your institution, or the request is waiting too long, Contact our Support Team.

Change allocation limits

Project managers can change limits, such as compute or storage. Project members cannot; ask your project manager.

  1. Open the resource as above.
  2. Click Actions, then Change limits.
  3. The Change resource limits dialog shows each component with its Usage and Current limit. Enter the New limit for each component you want to change.
  4. Click Request for a change.

The change goes to your organization for approval, then to REANNZ. The new limits apply once both approve.

Approve a request

This section is for organization owners, who receive requests from projects in their organization.

  1. Open the resource and click the End date change requests tab.
  2. Under Pending, find the request. Read the Requested end date, Current end date and Comment.
  3. Click the ⋮ menu on the row, then Approve or Reject.
  4. Confirm.

To check usage before you decide, use the Usage history chart on the resource page or Actions → Show usage.

Allocation size limits

Allocations are subject to the size and duration limits in force at the time, and to approval by your institution. See Project Extensions and New Allocations on Existing Projects for more details.

The HPC Portal is built on Waldur. Its user guide covers these features in more depth:

Some screens in that guide may differ from the REANNZ HPC Portal.