ARCHER2 account

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Dear CMS support team,

I hope you are well!

My name is James Keeble, and I am a lecturer at Lancaster University. Several years ago, I ran UM simulations on the ARCHER machine and had an account on PUMA. When the systems moved over to ARCHER2 and PUMA2, I did not set up accounts there as I was running on the Met Office Monsoon machine. However, I am returning to ARCHER now to help set up and support PhD students using that system.

On the documentation here (https://cms.ncas.ac.uk/archer2/unified-model/) it says that there are different instructions for those that have run the UM previously. However, as I have changed institutions I no longer have access to the email address and account I used to use. My question is: what is best for me to do to get access to ARCHER2 – create a new account there and on PUMA2, or resurrect my old PUMA and ARCHER account (that would have been linked to the email address jmk64@cam.ac.uk).

Any advice you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Best,

James

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Hi James,

As your old ARCHER/PUMA accounts were linked to your previous email address, the simplest and most reliable option I see is to register new accounts with your Lancaster email.

You can do this via the SAFE system here https://safe.epcc.ed.ac.uk. Once registered, you will be able to request access to ARCHER2 and a PUMA2 (Apply then Request access to project) account and then you will be able to log-in via ssh.

If you run into any issues during the process, let us know and we ll be happy to help.

Best regards,

Juan

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Thanks Juan! I will do that today