Back up Alarms Using Configuration Hub

Procedure

  1. Access Configuration Hub
  2. In the NAVIGATION section, under the Configuration Hub for Historian, select Alarms.
    The Alarms section appears.
  3. Select , and then select Backup Alarms.
    The Backup Alarms window appears.
  4. Enter values as described in the following table.
    Field Description
    GENERATED FROM Enter the start time for which you want to back up alarms.
    GENERATED TO Enter the end time for which you want to back up alarms.
    PROVIDE FILE NAME Enter the file name and location of the back up file that you want to create. By default, the backup location of the default data store is considered. And, the file name is in the following format: mm_dd_yyyy_hh_mm_ss. For example: 11_25_2022_11_23_26.zip. The time format followed is the 24-hour time notation.
    Note: This file naming convention for alarm backup is standard to Historian. Even if you use other date settings such as dd-mm, the file name will still be saved in the mm-dd format.

    The end time stamp in the file name indicates the time at which the alarms have been backed up but not the time till when the alarms are backed up. For example, suppose, at 8.00 am, you back up alarms for the past two hours, the backup will contain alarms from 6:00 am to 8:00 am but may not contain an alarm generated at 8:00 am. The last alarm may have been at 7:50 am. But the backup file name will have the time stamp of 8:00:00 along with the date.
  5. Select Backup.
    The alarms data is backed up.