Ensuring Availability
3
3.1 Introduction
Overview
This section presents measures for ensuring availability of a PCS 7 system.
You can find information on fault-tolerant systems in the 
Process Control System PCS 7; Fault-
Tolerant Process Control Systems
 manual.
The information in this section enables you to perform the following tasks:
● Maintain the specified condition of a system.
Examples: Adherence to maintenance intervals, replacement of batteries
● Optimize the system and prevent faults
Examples: perform firmware updates, eliminate known sources of errors
● Minimize downtime caused by faults
Examples: provide backups
Note to reader
This section is split up into several topical fields. The following information is provided for each 
topic area:
What? What is described?
When? When can you perform this action?
How ? You can find Information on the topic in the section entitled "...".
Service support and diagnostics (V8.0)
Service Manual, 03/2012, A5E02779775-02 13