Issues when transitioning from hh5 to xp65 in suite runs

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Hi all,

I’m trying to run the u-cy339 suite in ACCESS-CM2 following this instruction: Run ACCESS-CM - ACCESS-Hive Docs. Since I don’t have hh5 membership which I understand is being closed, I’m trying to transition everything regarding hh5 to xp65 in the suite. But I have encountered some issues:

1. Issue with loading conda environment:

At the beginning, I encountered an error in the [ocean_ke_check] step like:

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Then, I found these lines in the suite.rc file:

module use /g/data3/hh5/public/modules
module unload python
module load conda/analysis3

Following the announcement: ACCESS-NRI Analysis3 Conda Environments – New Release Announcement. I replaced hh5 with xp65 in the path, and it seems to work now. Is it the correct approach to resolve this issue?

2. Issue with um2netcdf4 script:

However, I encountered another issue in [netcdf_conversion] step. The error message is as follows:

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This error comes from um2netcdf4 command in suite.rc file:

module use ~access/modules
module unload python
module load pythonlib/um2netcdf4.

The following is the script of um2netcdf4 which still seems to rely on hh5:

$ cat ~access/modules/pythonlib/um2netcdf4/2.1
#%Module

set help            "Conversion of UM fieldsfiles to netCDF"
set prefix           ~access/apps/pythonlib/um2netcdf4/2.1
set install-contact "martin.dix@csiro.au"
set install-date    "2023-01-16"
set url             "https://bitbucket.csiro.au/users/dix043/src"

conflict pythonlib/um2netcdf4

if ![ is-loaded conda/analysis3 ] {
    module use /g/data3/hh5/public/modules
    module load conda/analysis3
}

prepend-path PYTHONPATH $prefix
prepend-path PATH $prefix
setenv UMDIR /g/data/access/projects/access/umdir

Would it be possible to update um2netcdf4 to use xp65, or is there an existing version that supports xp65?

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Hao Wang

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um2netcdf4.py uses the mule package which isn’t yet included in xp65.

I’ll look at a workaround but for the moment stay with hh5.

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Thanks for looking into a workaround, @MartinDix . I’ll hold off now.

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Hi all,

xp65 provides a copy of the hh5 analysis3-24.07 environment, which includes mule and other related packages. We’re currently looking into how these can be supported in the newer environments and will get back to you as soon as possible.

In the meantime, you can load the analysis3-24.07 environment on xp65 with:

module use /g/data/xp65/public/modules
module load conda/analysis3-24.07
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Hi all,
I am also updating to xp65 and have found that when using the default analysis3 environment (analysis3-25.04), I get an error when I try to do import xesmf in python.
If I revert back to analysis3-24.07, then xesmf works. Just wanted to flag this for future updates.
Regards,
David