Migrating Historical Alarms and Events Data

About this task

To make the backed up alarms available for retrieval, you have to write them into the current alarm database.

To migrate Historian Alarms and Events to the latest version of Proficy Historian:

Procedure

  1. Select Migrate Alarms and Events Backup.
  2. In Backup File Path field, provide the location of the file containing the backup. If your server is running on a remote computer, enter a path that exists on the remote computer.
  3. In the Database section, in the SQL Server Instance Name field, enter the server name. In the Database Name field, enter the name of the database to which you have to migrate the data. Select the Test Connection button to check that the database is active and the information is accurate.
    Note: You can find this information in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intellution, Inc.\iHistorian\Services\AlarmArchiver.
  4. Select either windows or SQL server authentication by selecting Use Windows Authentication or Use SQL Authentication options.
  5. In the User Id and Password fields, enter the login credentials. Be sure to enter an account with permission to restore alarms.
  6. Select the Test Connection button to check that the database is active and the information is accurate.
    The Begin Migration is activated and the alarm data is restored.
  7. Select the Begin Migration button to migrate the data.