hp OpenVMS web site is down

[Ian Miller.]

and has been since yesterday. According to netcraft it was running VMS.

Does anyone have any news.

[Jefferson Humber]

I noticed this too last night...... it's still down as I'm typing this.

[Robert Gezelter]

Gentlemen,

Although it may be redundant, I have sent an email to several of our mutual friends.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[Volker Halle]

... works again at 16:54 CET DST (14:54 GMT)

Volker.

[Robert Gezelter · Accepted solution]

Ian,

After working with the Internet since the beginning, I remember the day that the ARPAnet was switched from NCP (eight bit addresses, limited to 255 nodes) to IP (32 bit addresses), but I digress.

The most likely scenario is that the OpenVMS box is happily sitting somewhere waiting to receive requests. It is far more likely that a fault in the HP's network infrastructure is preventing it from receiving or answering requests.

I understand that the problem has been logged within HP and is being investigated.

I can sympathize, my server (running WASD on OpenVMS/VAX presently) has been down for days at a time, but so far never because of a problem with the server or OpenVMS. Each time, it has been a problem somewhere in the digital logistical chain involving my ISP, the local telephone company (which provides the actual wires) or the other companies
involved in the provisioning.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
P.S. I understand (and have verified) that the site is online again. My understanding that the problem was a network infrastructure problem. The actual www server was fine throughout the incident.

[Ian Miller.]

broken network switch at hp apparently. Parhaps they need to invest in their infrastructure a bit more to add some redunancy.

[Ian Miller.]

here is a posting with details
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/tree/browse_frm/thread/b23a5c771755033b/b0d4cf8a04a24fa0?rnum=21&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.os.vms%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2Fb23a5c771755033b%2Ff5fc8a10b837eb98%3F#doc_298fdd1cf34db5dd