Workflow for Using the Server-to-Server Distributor

To use the Server-to-Server distributor, you must perform the following tasks:
Number Task Notes
1 Install the collectors on the source Historian server. This step is required. This will place the collector binaries on the machines.
2 Add an instance of the Server-to-Server distributor on the source Historian server. This step is required.
3 Start the Server-to-Server distributor. This step is required.
4 Configure the Server-to-Server distributor. This step is required only if you want to change the default values.
5 Create a destination tag. You can do so by browsing for the tag, adding it manually, or copying a tag. This step is required. The naming convention of the tag is nodename.<name of the tag>. If configured, the tag will contain a prefix.