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However, software moved to this release stage can be directly loaded without the need of invoking it. This ensure proper life cycling of the software, and making it transparent for the end users.
## Module overlays
Recent Pmodules releases contain a feature called **Pmodules overlays**. In Merlin, overlays are used to source software from a different location.
In that way, we can have custom private versions of software in the cluster installed on high performance storage accessed over a low latency network.
**Pmodules overlays** are still ***under development***, therefore consider that *some features may not work or do not work as expected*.
Pmodule overlays can be used from Pmodules `v1.1.5`. However, Merlin is running Pmodules `v1.0.0rc10` as the default version.
Therefore, one needs to load first a newer version of it: this is available in the repositories and can be loaded with **`module load Pmodules/$version`** command.
Once running the proper Pmodules version, **overlays** are added (or invoked) with the **`module use $overlay_name`** command.
### overlay_merlin
Some Merlin software is already provided through **PModule overlays** and has been validated for using and running it in that way.
Therefore, Melin contains an overlay called **`overlay_merlin`**. In this overlay, the software is installed in the Merlin high performance storage,
specifically in the ``/data/software/pmodules`` directory. In general, if another copy exists in the standard repository, we strongly recommend to use
the replica in the `overlay_merlin` overlay instead, as it provides faster access and it may also provide some customizations for the Merlin6 cluster.
For loading the `overlay_merlin`, please run:
```bash
module load Pmodules/1.1.6 # Or newer version
module use overlay_merlin
```
Then, once `overlay_merlin` is invoked, it will disable central software installations with the same version (if exist), and will be replaced
by the local ones in Merlin. Releases from the central Pmodules repository which do not have a copy in the Merlin overlay will remain
visible. In example, for each ANSYS release, one can identify where it is installed by searching ANSYS in PModules with the `--verbose`
option. This will show the location of the different ANSYS releases as follows:
* For ANSYS releases installed in the central repositories, the path starts with `/opt/psi`
* For ANSYS releases installed in the Merlin6 repository (and/or overwritting the central ones), the path starts with `/data/software/pmodules`
```bash
(base) ❄ [caubet_m@merlin-l-001:/data/user/caubet_m]# module load Pmodules/1.1.6
module load: unstable module has been loaded -- Pmodules/1.1.6
(base) ❄ [caubet_m@merlin-l-001:/data/user/caubet_m]# module use merlin_overlay
(base) ❄ [caubet_m@merlin-l-001:/data/user/caubet_m]# module search ANSYS --verbose
Module Rel.stage Group Dependencies/Modulefile
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANSYS/2019R3 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /data/software/pmodules/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2019R3
ANSYS/2020R1 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /opt/psi/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2020R1
ANSYS/2020R1-1 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /opt/psi/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2020R1-1
ANSYS/2020R2 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /data/software/pmodules/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2020R2
ANSYS/2021R1 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /data/software/pmodules/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2021R1
ANSYS/2021R2 stable Tools dependencies:
modulefile: /data/software/pmodules/Tools/modulefiles/ANSYS/2021R2
```
## PModules commands
Below is listed a summary of all available commands: