Create a Server-to-Server Distributor

Before you begin

  1. Deploy Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud.
  2. Install collectors. You can install them on-premises or on a VNet (which can be different from the one on which Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud is deployed).

About this task

The Historian Server-to-Server distributor is used to send data from a smaller Historian server to a larger, centralized Historian server. You can then use this data for reporting and analytics.
You can use either the Server-to-Server collector or the Server-to-Server distributor to send data to a central Historian. However, using the Server-to-Server distributor has the following advantages:
  • It simplifies the process of configuring tags at the destination Historian.
  • It provides more flexibility at the SCADA level for tag configuration compared to the Server-to-Server collector.
  • It allows you to manage tags both from the source and destination Historian servers, whereas the Server-to-Server collector allows you to manage tags only from the destination Historian server.
    Important: If you want to send data from cloud to on-premises, you must disable TLS encryption by setting the following registry entry to 0: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\GE Digital\iHistorian\Services\ServerToServerCollector\<collector instance>\TLSEnable
Features
  • You can browse the source for tags and their attributes.
  • Only the unsolicited data collection is supported; polled collection is not supported.
  • The supported timestamp resolution is 100 milliseconds.
  • The collector accepts device timestamps.
  • The collector supports data compression.
  • Floating point, integer, and string data are supported.

Procedure

  1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator.
  2. Run the AzureCloudHistorianConfigurationUtility.exe file. It is provided along with the collectors installer. After you install collectors, it will be available in the C:\Program Files\GE Digital\Historian Cloud Config folder by default.
  3. Enter the number corresponding to creating a collector instance.
  4. Enter the following details:
    Field Description
    Interface Name Enter the name that you want to provide for the collector instance.
    User Password Masking Enter Y if you want to mask the password, or N if you want to proceed without masking the password.
    Destination Historian Server Enter the host name or IP address where the destination Historian server is installed.
    Destination Historian Username Enter the username to connect to the destination server.
    Destination Historian Password Enter the password to connect to the destination server.
    Source Server Enter the host name or IP address of the source server.
    Username Enter the username to connect to the source server. If you want to send data to an on-premises Historian server, press ENTER.
    Password Enter the password for the user you want to connect to Proficy Historian for Azure Cloud. If you want to send data to an on-premises Historian server, press ENTER.
    Tip: For the default user, ihCloudHistAdmin, this is the value you entered in the Password field at the time of deployment.
    The Server-to-Server collector is created and started.