esmf module load error on NERSC machines

[koichi_sakaguchi@pnnl_gov]

HI, I run CESM2 on the NERSC machines. Starting yesterday, I get the following error when I configure/build/submit, or whenever the model script tries to load modules. On Cori:ERROR: module command /opt/modules/default/bin/modulecmd python load esmf/6.3.0rp1-defio-intel2016-mpi-O cray-memkind craype-mic-knl failed with message:ModuleCmd_Load.c(244):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for 'esmf/6.3.0rp1-defio-intel2016-mpi-O' On Edison:ERROR: module command /opt/modules/default/bin/modulecmd python purge  failed with message:cmdModule.c(579):ERROR:50: Cannot open file '/global/project/projectdirs/ccsm1/modulefiles/edison/esmf/6.3.0rp1-defio-intel17.0-mpi-O' for 'reading' According to cime/config/cesm/machines/config_machines.xml, we load esmf modules from /global/project/projectdirs/ccsm1/modulefiles/[machine name]/esmf/, but now I do not see any files there. It seems these files were removed sometime yesterday (03/05/2019). Could anyone from the CESM team look into the directory and put back the module files? Or are there any solutions that I can make the model work by myself? Best regards, Koichi

 

[jedwards]

Those files were accidently erased and we put back the cori files yesterday but didn't do edison since it is slated for retirement.   Please send email to esmf_support@ucar.edu and request a build for edison if you need it.   Or you can download and build esmf in your own space and change the location in config_machines.xml

 

[koichi_sakaguchi@pnnl_gov]

Thank you so much for your reply. For edison, I will try either sending an email to the esmf support or building it myself. As for cori, I still do not see any files in the following directory:/global/project/projectdirs/ccsm1/modulefiles/cori/esmfIs the path changed?By the way, general users do not have access to the cori-knl directory (/global/project/projectdirs/ccsm1/modulefiles/cori-knl, drwxrws---). If we are supposed to load different esmf modules for cori-haswell and cori-knl, the permission for the cori-knl directory may need to be changed. Best,Koichi 

 

[koichi_sakaguchi@pnnl_gov]

Hi, I got contacted by the ESMF support staff offering me help, and now I see the module file created for cori-haswell under/global/project/projectdirs/ccsm1/modulefiles/cori/esmfSorry to bother again but I'd like to ask one more question. According to the CESM documentation (https://escomp.github.io/cesm/release-cesm2/introduction.html#cesm2-software-operating-system-prerequisites), the ESMF module is optional, and was not loaded by default in CESM1. Do we really need to load this module for CESM2?