Disaster Recovery on Remote Computers

Disaster Recovery for Remote Computers provides the ability for FactoryTalk AssetCentre to back up and verify the contents of a shared network folder on a computer in the system. This capability makes use of the Remote Computer asset, which counts against the licensed asset capacity. The contents of the shared folder are stored in the FactoryTalk AssetCentre archive as a binder.

The FactoryTalk AssetCentre agent accesses the remote computer using a UNC path, which points to a shared folder on the remote computer. Along with the UNC path, a username and password is entered as part of the asset configuration. This user will need read access to the shared folder; write access is not required. For more information on UNC paths with the Remote Computer asset, see Knowledgebase Document ID: QA10945 - Remote Computer asset configuration for FactoryTalk AssetCentre Disaster Recovery.