Adding Nested Domain Groups to Historian Security Groups

The following procedure describes, a European domain group user trying to connect to Historian server, installed in India.Europe.US.com Domain Controller.

Procedure

  1. Create a user EuropeGroupUser1 in Europe.US.com DC.
  2. Create a group EuropeGroup1.
  3. Add the EuropGroupUser1 to EuropeGroup1.
  4. Add the group (i.e. EuropeGroup1) from Europe.US.com to IH Security Admingroup in India.Europe.US.com DC
  5. Login to Historian Client using EuropeGroupUser1.
  6. If a new user gets added to EuropeGroup1 then it gets automatically synced with Historian Security Groups.
    Note:
    • As EuropeGroupUser1 added as a IH Security Admin, user will get full access to Historian Server.
    • When there is a change to EuropeGroup1 (Add/Delete/Modify users), it gets automatically synchronized with Historian Security Groups. The synchronization time is configurable using Data Archiver options as shown below:

      ihDataArchiver_x64 ihArchiverMultiADSISyncInterval <Number of hours>

      Default is 6hours and user can configure between1 to 120 hours.

    US domain group user trying to connect to Historian Server installed in India.Europe.US.com Domain Controller.

    1. Create a user USGroupUser1 in US.com DC (if not exist).
    2. Create a group USGroup1.
    3. Add the USGroupUser1 to USGroup1.
    4. Add the group (i.e. USGroup1) from US.com to IH Security Admingroup in India.Europe.US.com DC
    5. Login to Historian Client using USGroupUser1.
    6. If a new user gets added to USGroup1 then it gets automatically synced with Historian Security Groups.
    Note:
    • As USGroupUser1 added a IH Readers, user will get data read access to Historian Server
    • When there is a change to USGroup1 (Add/Delete/Modify users), it gets automatically synchronized with Historian Security Groups. The synchronization time is configurable using Data Archiver options as shown below:

      ihDataArchiver_x64 ihArchiverMultiADSISyncInterval <Number of hours>

      Default is 6hours and user can configure between1 to 120 hours.