Add a Distributed/Mirror Server

Before you begin

  1. Install Historian server on the machine that you want to add as a distributed server.
  2. Add a system. The server that you specify while adding the system serves as the primary server for the system.

About this task

If you want to create a horizontally scalable Historian system, you must first add a primary server, and then add one or more distributed/mirror machines to scale out the primary server horizontally and thus, improve performance.

Procedure

  1. Access Configuration Hub.
  2. In the NAVIGATION section, select Systems.
    A list of systems appears in the main section.
  3. Expand the system in which you want to add a distributed/mirror server.
    A list of servers in the system appears.
  4. Select .
    The Add Server Machine: <system name> window appears.
  5. Enter the host name or IP address of the machine that you want to add, and then select Add.
    The distributed server is added to the system. A distributed location is added in the server. You cannot modify or delete this location.

What to do next

If you want high availability of one or more data stores in the server, create a mirror location, and then add the data stores. If not, add the data store to the distributed location.