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How to

How to


Products: Enterprise Central, Enterprise Server, Virtual Project Servers
Functionalities: Basic Functionality
Product version: 3.2, 3.3, 2022, 2023
9/1/2020

Manually Creating an Archive

You create an archive manually to preserve the historical data on an Enterprise Server or an Enterprise Central on an as-needed basis, such as before a system upgrade.

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You can archive data as needed using manual methods or at predefined intervals using a schedule.

Table: Comparison of Archiving Methods

Method

Benefits

Manual

Performed on an as-needed basis, for example, prior to upgrading an Enterprise Server or Enterprise Central. When a Manual Archive is created, the temporary archive data is not deleted. Manual archive creates an incremental archive of everything since the last archiving, manual or scheduled.

Scheduled

Automatically generated by the system at regularly scheduled intervals. When a Scheduled Archive completes, the temporary archive data is deleted.

Scheduled archiving is an automated way of preserving historical data. For convenience, the system provides a default digital schedule, which is bound to the Archive Manager. You can modify, but not delete, this Archive schedule. For more information, see Archiving Overview .

To manually create an archive

  1. In WorkStation, in the System Tree pane, select the Enterprise Server or Enterprise Central you want to configure.

  2. Click the Control Panel tab.

  3. Click Archiving.

  4. In the Archive Settings Manager dialog box, click Enabled .

  5. Select the events that you want to include in the archive:

    • Alarm Events : Select to include high priority or off-normal events (providing the alarms are pre-configured and active on the system).

    • User Events : Select to include user-initiated events, such as value overrides or configuration changes.

    • System Events : Select to include device-initiated events, such as time stamps.

  6. Click the Add extended trend logs button

     
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  7. In the Add Extended Trend Logs dialog box, in the Include column, select the extended trend logs you want to include in the archive.

  8. Click OK .

  9. In the Archive Settings Manager dialog box, in the Output Type box, select the format you want to use for the archive.

  10. In the Path box, type the path to an existing folder or server where you want to store the archive files.

  11. Click Validate to confirm that the path is valid on the system.

  12. On the File menu, click Save .

  13. Click Update Archive Now .

The archive is saved to the specified path.

See Also

  • Manual and Scheduled Archiving
  • Archive Formats and Storage
  • Archive Folders, Files, and Names
  • Removing Events from the Archive
  • Removing Extended Trend Logs from the Archive
  • Control Panel Tab
  • Archive Settings Manager Dialog Box
  • Add Extended Trend Logs Dialog Box