Historian Startup Procedure Overview

About this task

This topic contains general instructions about how to install and start up Historian:

Procedure

  1. Design your system architecture.
    Decide what collectors to install on which nodes, what computers to designate as the Historian Server and the Historian Administrators, whether or not they will be web-based, and how much memory and disk space you can assign to buffers and archives. Record the computer names of each node.
  2. Ensure that data sources are installed.
  3. Set up your Historian environment.
    Refer to Setting Up the Historian Environment.
  4. At the server node, insert the Historian DVD and select Install Historian.
    Follow the prompts for the installation process, selecting either Single Server or Historian Mirror for installation.
  5. Activate your product using the latest Licensing Software at http://digitalsupport.ge.com.
    Note: To add a component, re-run the install and select that component. Do not deselect previously installed components as they will be uninstalled.
  6. Once you have installed Historian, re-run the installation to install collectors where needed.
    • iFIX Collector Select the Historian iFIX Collector to collect data and the iFIX AE Collector to collect alarms and events. When prompted, type in the name of the Historian server as the destination for archived data.
    • OPC Alarms & Events Collector To collect data from an OPC AE server, select the OPC AE collector and when prompted select the name of the OPC AE server.
    • OPC Data Collector To collect data from an OPC v1.0 or v2.0 server, select the OPC Data collector and when prompted, select the OPC data collector from the list provided.
    • Calculation Collector To install a calculation collector, select it from the list of options and when prompted, type in the name of the Historian server as the destination for the calculated values.
    • Server-to-Server Collector Select the Server-to-Server collector to collect data from one Historian server (r;Source) and store it on another (r;Destination). When prompted, type in the name of both the source and destination Historians.
    • Server-to-Server Distributor Select the Server-to-Server Distributor to configure tags at the source archiver and send the tags to a destination archiver. When prompted, type in the name of both the source and destination Historians.
    • OSI PI Collector Select the OSI PI Collector to collect data from an OSI PI node and store it in the Historian. Select the OSI PI Distributor to collect data from the Historian server and store it on an OSI PI node. When prompted, type in the name of the OSI PI and Historian servers.
    • Simulation Collector - To install, select the Simulation collector from the list of options and when prompted, type in the name of the Historian server as the destination for the Simulation values.
    • File Collector - To install, select the File collector from the list of options and when prompted, type in the name of the Historian server as the destination for importing CSV and XML text files into Historian.
    • Windows Performance Collector: To install, select the Windows Performance collector from the list of options and when prompted, type in the name of the Historian server as the destination for collecting the Windows performance counter data.
    • OPC UA DA Collector: To collect data from any OPC UA 1.0-compliant OPC UA Server, select the OPC UA DA collector and when prompted, type in the name of the OPC UA and Historian servers.
    • Cygnet Collector: Select the Cygnet Collector to collect data from the Cygnet Server node and store it in the Historian. When prompted, type in the Cygnet Site details and the destination Historian. The CygNet ODBC Driver (Client tools) is prerequisite for the CygNet Collector installation, however, be aware that the CygNet ODBC Driver does not ship with Historian.
    • Wonderware Collector Select the Wonderware collector to collect data from the Wonderware node and store it in the Historian. When prompted, type in the name of the Wonderware source, username, password and the destination Historian.
    • OPC HDA Collector Select the OPC HDA collector to collect data from any OPC HDA 1.2 - compliant OPC HDA Server. When prompted select the OPC HDA server and type in the name of the destination Historian server.
    • ODBC Collector Select the ODBC collector to collect data from the ODBC node and store it in the Historian. When prompted, type in the name of the ODBC source, username, password and the destination Historian.
    • MQTT Collector Select the MQTT collector to collect data from the MQTT broker node and store it in the Historian. When prompted, type in the MQTT node details and message topic and the destination Historian.
  7. Restart your computer if prompted to do so.
    If your collector services are not configured for automatic start up, manually start them.
  8. Once you have installed Historian, re-run the installation to install web-based clients where needed.
  9. For the Windows-based Historian Administrator clients, start the Administrator from the Historian Startup Group.
    When the Historian Administrator's main screen appears, you are ready to set up archives, collectors, and tags in the Data Store Maintenance, Collector Maintenance, and Tag Maintenance screens.

    Refer to the Using the Historian Administrator manual for details.

    Note: Collectors will appear in the Historian Administrator only when they are started.