The Archive Details Section

In the Archive Details section, a list of all the archives in your system appears. To access an archive, select it. In this section, you can:
  • Close an archive by selecting Close Archive.
  • Back up an archive by selecting Backup, and then providing the file name and path for the backup.
  • Remove an archive by selecting Remove. The archive is then placed in the \Archives\Offline folder. However, the archive is not deleted.

This topic describes the fields in each subsection in the Archive Details section.

The Status Subsection

Field Description
Status The current operating state of the archive. This field contains one of the following values:
  • Current: Indicates that the archive is actively accepting data.
  • Active: Indicates that the archive contains data but is not currently accepting data.
  • Empty: Indicates that the archive has never accepted data.
Start Time The time of the oldest sample in the archive.
End Time The time the archive is closed (automatically or manually).
Table 1. The Backup Subsection
Field Description
Last Backup The date and time the last backup was performed on the archive.
Backup User The username of the user who performed the last backup of the archive.
Table 2. Resources
Field Description
File Location The path and name of the archive file.
File Size The size (in MB) of the archive file.
Note: Historian supports a maximum archive size of 256 GB per archive.
File Attribute The attribute to set a closed archive to read-only or read/write.
Note: To create multiple archives at the same time, set the value of this field to Read/Write.