New vacuum workstations have been installed in all of the outbuildings and in the LVEA, replacing the aging Sun workstations in those locations.  These workstations are not dependent on any other systems, and may be rebooted at any time without a loss of functionality.  All of the files necessary to monitor the vacuum system are included on the local disk.  The exception is DataViewer, which requires the NDS server (and the /ligo filesystem to run the binaries).  Note that the vacuum VME crates themselves still require hanford1/2 to boot, and should NOT be restarted during a power outage.

In addition, the network connections to the vacuum racks in the LVEA have been reconfigured such that all components are on UPS.  This means we should be able to monitor these systems from the control room as long as UPS power lasts.  The outbuilding switches are in varying states of UPS readiness, and their operation through a power outage is not guaranteed - the local workstations are available for monitoring in these locations (again, for as long as the UPS batteries last).