[Info-vax] Decuserve.org - Anyone know why it's down?

[David Froble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <m83ts2$a7d$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>> VSI are building a brand new computer room to support their operations
>>> and Eisner is going to live in this new computer room.
>> This is a good thing and they should be lauded for this.
>>
>>> However, it's become clear over the last few months that this construction
>>> work is _far_ more involved than previously thought and Eisner was
>>> transferred to VSI before the extent of this work became clear.
>> Sometimes these things happen.  Easy jobs turn out to be difficult ones,
>> and development projects bog down.
>>
>> However... an Alpha server is not like an 11/782, it's not all that 
>> difficult to host in existing office space on an existing network 
>> connection while waiting for the computer facility to be finished.
> 
> I said something similar weeks ago.  Plug it in in a corner until all of
> the computer room issues have been addressed.
> 
> 
> 
>> Presumably there are full backups of Eisner which could be restored on
>> some other Alpha somewhere else, if someone else is willing to do the
>> hosting.  There are backups, right?  They do make regular backups?
> 
> Good question.  I have many Alphas here as well as storage.  However, the
> question still remains unanswered, "Was EISNER backed up before its move?"
> 

Well, if not, how hard is it to plug it in and do the backup?