Disaster Recovery with FactoryTalk View Site Edition
As of version 9.00 of FactoryTalk AssetCentre, a FactoryTalk View SE asset is now available for Disaster Recovery operations. The FactoryTalk View SE asset is capable of backing up the entire FactoryTalk View SE network application (APB file) including the HMI server, FactoryTalk Directory, FactoryTalk Linx, and FactoryTalk Alarms & Events. It is possible to export the HMI server content from within the Archive plugin without the need of checking-out the entire application. A FactoryTalk View SE compare operation type returns a checksum report. The FactoryTalk View SE assets are scheduled as part of Disaster Recovery for Rockwell Automation tasks.
FactoryTalk AssetCentre supports Disaster Recovery operations for FactoryTalk View SE version 11.00 and higher. FactoryTalk View Studio Enterprise software must be installed on the agent computer assigned to perform Disaster Recovery operations. The backup process has been fully integrated into FactoryTalk AssetCentre. Therefore, no configuration is required for the backup process on the FactoryTalk View SE system. FactoryTalk AssetCentre supports both, a FactoryTalk user and Windows user (domain or local) when configuring the FactoryTalk View SE asset.
In a redundant FactoryTalk View SE system, no additional configuration is necessary when configuring the FactoryTalk View SE asset as FactoryTalk AssetCentre will back up the active HMI server. Note that if the FactoryTalk Directory Server is unavailable, FactoryTalk AssetCentre will not be able to back up the FactoryTalk View SE network application. In general, it is recommended that the FactoryTalk Directory Server be deployed on a separate host. See Knowledgebase Document ID: IN7920 - Network FactoryTalk Directory Best Practices for more information on setting up a FactoryTalk Directory.
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Disaster Recovery schedules for FactoryTalk View SE asset and FactoryTalk Directory asset cannot be run at the same time on an agent computer.
As of version 8.0 of FactoryTalk AssetCentre, there is no default asset representing a FactoryTalk View SE HMI server, it is possible to make use of Disaster Recovery for Remote Computers to back up an HMI server. Using a Windows Scheduled Task and the FactoryTalk View SE Backup/Restore utility, the HMI server can be checked into archive and/or compared as part of a Disaster Recovery schedule. For more information, see Knowledgebase Document ID: IN4477 - FactoryTalk AssetCentre: Back up FactoryTalk View SE HMI Server.
As of version 6.0 of FactoryTalk AssetCentre, it is also possible to create a Custom Device to service a FactoryTalk View SE HMI server. See Knowledgebase Document ID: QA21921 – Building Custom Devices for use with FactoryTalk AssetCentre Disaster Recovery for more information on how to do so.
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Creating Custom Device assets to service FactoryTalk View SE HMI servers should be used only in conjunction with Agent Groups. It is not recommended to install a multi-purpose Agent on an HMI server due to system resource utilization.
Finally, as of version 10.0 of FactoryTalk View SE, the File Viewer Utility can be used to compare differences in RecipePro+ files of FactoryTalk View SE applications. A Custom Device Disaster Recovery task can be used to convert the RecipePro+ files to CSV format, with a Custom Device Compare on the plain text. Refer to Knowledgebase Document ID: QA40647 - Automatically Compare FactoryTalk View SE RecipePro+ Changes Using FactoryTalk AssetCentre for more information.
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