ACCRE Billing: Getting Started in iLab

As a Vanderbilt University core service, ACCRE schedules monthly billing for paid services through the ACCRE core in iLab. Please note, the following are required to submit a service agreement through the ACCRE core in iLab:

1. Login to iLab with your primary institution:
   1. VUMC iLab
   2. VU iLab
2. After logging in to iLab with your primary institution, navigate to the ACCRE core by searching under core facilities for “Vanderbilt Advance Computing Center for Research & Education (ACCRE) Core”. If you do not have access to the core yet, type a brief message “requesting access to core” and submit your access request. Access to the core will be approved within one business day.
3. Make sure that you have a VU Lab to submit VU Core service agreements.
   • VU Cores can assist with creating your VU Lab and assigning the appropriate cost center for scheduling payments. If you need assistance with creating your VU Lab, please email coresvu@vanderbilt.edu and let them know your Lab name, your primary department, and the funding source you would like to use.

Service Agreements

The following service agreements are available in iLab under the “Request Services” tab in the ACCRE core:

• ACCRE Fairshare Service agreement – submit this form to rent CPU cores or to schedule your node support fee. *Note, node support fee is reserved for groups that purchase a compute node to add to the cluster. If you are interested in purchasing a node, please reach out to ACCRE directors.
• ACCRE Disk Data Service agreement - submit this form to request a storage directory for your group, /data (backed up nightly), /nobackup (not backed up).
• ACCREx Auristor Service agreement - submit this form to request Auristor storage space for your group.
• ACCRE Tape Backup Service agreement – submit this form to request tape backup service. This can be requested for an external server or for a custom gateway. Please note, tape backups are not included in the custom gateway support fee.
• ACCREx SciLo Archive Service Agreement – submit this form to request SciLo archive service.

If you have any questions or encounter any issues locating or submitting the service agreements, please contact us for assistance.