NOAA-GFDL/MOM6

High resolution MOM6 in ensemble mode mis-labels restart file

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When using ensembles with higher resolution MOM6 the restart files that are output are mislabeled.

./MOM.res.ens_01.ens_01_1.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01.ens_01.ens_01_2.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01.ens_01.ens_01.ens_01_3.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02.ens_02_1.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02.ens_02.ens_02_2.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02.ens_02.ens_02.ens_02_3.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02.nc

while I would expect.
./MOM.res.ens_01_1.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01_2.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01_3.nc
./MOM.res.ens_01.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02_1.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02_2.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02_3.nc
./MOM.res.ens_02.nc

I believe this is with FMS2 and should also be testable with an ice/ocean only setup.
In order to run in ensemble mode, you need to use
ensemble_nml : ensemble_size=2

Any initial condition files need to have ens_01 and ens_02 in the file names
e.g. /fv_core.res.ens_02.tile2.nc rather than /fv_core.res.tile2.nc

This might be why using an ice-ocean only and "cold-starting" the model might be easier.
This only seems to be an issue when the restart file exceeds whatever limit is imposed, so lower resolution (1 degree) does not trigger this.

This issue has been corrected by #562, and can now be closed.