RA Drive operation properties for disaster recovery

Specify default disaster recovery schedule settings for RA drives in

Tools > Options

.

Specify the settings of a particular RA drive asset in an existing schedule on the

Schedules

tab. Changes to the settings within a schedule override the default settings for that instance.

(Only available when editing an existing schedule, not when setting defaults.) This field specifies the master file to be used in disaster recovery operations. Files are kept in archive where several versions of the same file may be stored. By default, disaster recovery operations use the pinned version of the specified file or, if no version has been pinned, the most recent version of the device's configuration data file. If you want to specify another version for the master file, click within this field and then click . Before you can edit this field, the device must have its configuration data defined in the device's properties.

This defaults to

False

. If set to

True

, when differences are detected this uploads the current file from the physical asset to archive and makes that version the master file for the asset.

This option determines which differences are included in the backup and compare report. Set this option to

True

to only include those differences found since the last report was run. Set this option to

False

to include all differences found between the master file in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Archive and the file in the device. To set this option to

True

, you must select

Promote New Upload to Master

(above).

Select

True

to compare all data fields within a file. Select

False

to compare only editable fields within a file.

The email addresses separated by semicolons (;) to which notification will be sent if the compare finds differences between the master file for the asset stored in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Archive and the configuration of the physical asset.

The email addresses separated by semicolons (;) to which notification will be sent when the operation completes for the asset. If a backup and compare schedule completes without differences, an email is sent to this list. If it completes with differences, an email is sent to the

Event Compare Differences Detected

list, not this list.

The email addresses separated by semicolons (;) to which notification will be sent when the operation fails.

This defaults to

False

. Select

True

to attach a report of differences to the email if the backup and compare schedule finds variations between the asset's master file stored in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre Archive and the configuration of the physical asset.

This defaults to

False

. Select

True

to attach a report to the email regarding whether or not the backup and compare event completed successfully.