Adding Historian Service to the Cluster

Procedure

  1. In the Failover Cluster Manager, right-click the cluster instance, and choose More Actions > Create Empty Service or Application..


  2. Rename the newly created, empty service. For example: Historian.
  3. Right-click the Historian empty service and choose Add a resource > More resources > 3 - Add Historian.
  4. Right-click the Historian empty service and choose Add a storage.
  5. Create the IP address and network name that allow access to a clustered Historian instance regardless of the actual node the Historian server resides on.
    1. Right-click the Historian empty service and choose Add a resource > 1 - Client Access Point.
    2. Enter the IP Address that will be used for clustered Historian.
  6. Add Historian resource dependencies:
    1. Right-click Properties on the New Historian resource in the Historian service summary list.
    2. Click the Dependencies tab and add all three resources as dependencies to New Historian.


      You can now bring the Historian service online.