Abnormal FactoryTalk Batch termination

After a

FactoryTalk Batch

Server failure,

FactoryTalk Batch

restarts your batches where they were before the failure. If the reason for the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server failure is not obvious, like a power failure, the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server writes this critical information to a log file. The log file contains the information the Application Support group needs when determining the cause of a server failure. The log file is a circular file, and eventually overwrites itself. To eliminate the possibility of losing this critical information, the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server reads the value of

AbnormalTermination

within the

Batchsvr.ini

file upon startup. If the field value is NO, or the field is not present, then no action is taken. If the field value is YES, then the current

Batchsvr.log

file is copied to the path specified by the ErrorLogDirectory entry in the

Batchsvr.ini

file. The name of the copied log file is determined based on

CopyFileID

.

After determining whether or not to make a copy of the current log file, the

FactoryTalk Batch

Server writes a value of

YES

into the field. At completion of a normal shutdown, the server writes a value of NO into the field.