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.
TIP:
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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