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Scheduling policy updates

This page is intended to record when changes to job scheduling policies are made which might change the behaviour of job submission commands (sbatch, salloc, srun).

RAC allocations

  • RAC 2026 accounts activated
    • fir: 2026-04-06
    • nibi: 2026-04-06
    • narval: 2026-04-07
    • rorqual: 2026-04-07

Other policy changes on accounts

  • Sub-allocations enabled
    • fir: 2026-04-06
    • nibi: 2026-04-06
    • narval: 2026-04-07
    • rorqual: 2026-04-07

(None at the moment)

  • All GPU requests must specify a GPU or instance model
    • fir: 2026-04-06
    • nibi: 2026-04-06
    • narval: [not done yet]
    • rorqual: 2026-04-17
  • Multiple MIGs cannot be requested in a single job
    • fir: 2026-04-06
    • nibi: 2026-04-06
    • narval: [not done yet]
    • rorqual: 2026-04-17