Historian Installation Limitations

  • With a Historian install, you are limited to the Historian Administrator. If you want to install other clients, use a client-specific install. If you want to install web-admin clients, use a web-based client specific install.
  • You cannot close your current archive with a Historian Mirror Primary Server and Historian Mirror Node installation. This is because closing the current archive introduces archive synchronization risks in a mirrored environment. The restriction is enforced on all Historians, even those not using mirroring.

  • You cannot use size-based archives with a Historian Mirror Primary Server and Historian Mirror Node installation. This is because having archives of different sizes introduces archive synchronization risks in a mirrored environment. The restriction is enforced on all Historians, even those not using mirroring.
  • Running Historian Web Admin/Trend Client in a cluster setup is not supported.
  • With a Historian install, you are limited to the Historian Administrator, If you want to install other clients, use a client-specific install and install any web-based client (Historian Web Admin Console and the Historian Trend Client )use Historian Web Based Client