Maintain, Operate, and Monitor Historian

To ensure reliable, error-free operation over a long period of time, develop and execute a consistent maintenance program for the Historian system and the data it collects. This chapter provides guidelines for setting up such a plan and for monitoring and interpreting system performance indicators.

Refer to the following topics for more specific information:
  • Data Types
  • Plan for Data Recovery
  • Develop a Maintenance Plan for Historian
  • Perform Routine Maintenance
  • Use ihArchiveBackup.exe to Back Up Archives Automatically
  • Control the Amount of Disk Space Usage
  • Review System Alerts and Messages
  • Audit System Connections
  • Evaluate Data Compression Performance
  • Monitor the Health of the Historian system