Reading And Managing Archive Data; User Interface; Archive Operations - ABB 800xA User Manual

Section 7 Configuring Archives

Reading and Managing Archive Data

The archive function supports permanent offline storage for historical data collected
in property (numeric) logs.
This section describes how to make archive data available for desktop applications
such as DataDirect, how to perform manual archives, and how to maintain archive
data. This includes:
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User Interface

The user interface for runtime archive operations is supported by four basic
displays: The archive device aspect-main view, archive volume aspect main view,
and archive group aspect. The functions that each aspect supports, and general
operating instructions are described in User Interface for Managing Archive Data.

Archive Operations

Basic archive operations are organized into four categories:
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Maintaining archive media - When an archive media becomes full it will
require maintenance to permit archive operations to continue. For MO media,
periodically remove and replace platters. For hard disks, ensure that archive
entries are saved to a removable media (CD or DVD). After entries have been
saved to a removable media, the hard disk must be periodically purged of old
entries to provide space for new entries.
Formatting and initializing archive media - The archive media must be
formatted and initialized before data can be stored on it. For MO drives, use the
Windows disk formatting tool to format each new platter before initializing it.
Select the NTFS format. Both sides of the platter need to be formatted. For
timed archiving, the media are re-initialized automatically as long as the device
behavior is set to either Wrap When Full or Advance When Full. For manual
archiving, manually initialize the media.
Publishing archive volumes for access by external applications - Archive
volumes can be published to let client applications such as DataDirect access
the archived data.
Maintaining Archive Media describes:
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