Data transfer prerequisites

You can use the data transfer functionality to copy the FactoryTalk Historian ME data to a single FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server.
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To transfer FactoryTalk Historian ME data to a FactoryTalk Historian Server Collective, use the FactoryTalk Historian to Historian Interface. To transfer FactoryTalk Historian ME data to an OSI PI Collective, use a PItoPI Interface from OSI Soft.
Before transferring data, you must ensure that:
  • You have administrator privileges and other necessary security settings configured to enable the data transfer service in FactoryTalk Historian ME.
    For details, see Manage security.
  • Your system has time synchronization set up and configured for FactoryTalk Historian ME, controllers, the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server and clients.
    For details, see Manage time.
  • The licenses for FTMS point sources are installed and configured on FactoryTalk Historian SE, and there are enough licensed points available for the data transfer.
    For details, see the FactoryTalk Activation Manager and the FactoryTalk Historian SE user documentation.
    For details on enabling the data transfer to FactoryTalk Historian SE 2.1 or 2.2, see
    (Optional) Install FactoryTalk Historian SE patch
    .
  • Trust connections between FactoryTalk Historian ME and the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server are set up and configured properly before you begin transferring data.
  • The archive file time frames on FactoryTalk Historian ME and the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server are synchronized.
    When setting up the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server for the data transfer, you must ensure that the archive file time frame covers the archive time frame of FactoryTalk Historian ME. For example, if FactoryTalk Historian ME has been collecting data from 07/01/2014 to 07/05/2014, the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server archive time period must also cover the same time range. Otherwise, event data will be discarded during the data transfer from FactoryTalk Historian ME to the FactoryTalk Historian SE or PI server.
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