Functions of the Process Historian
The PH includes the following functions:
● When the PH is reconfigured, a wizard checks the system requirements (operating system,
RAM, HDD, etc.) for PH operation and prevents setup if the requirements are not met.
● All OS process data is available promptly in the PH.
● Batch archives from SIMATIC BATCH are saved with native archiving in the PH.
● The PH also supports single stations.
● The PH supports multiple PCS 7 projects in parallel.
● Access to historical process data via web and Office applications.
● Widely-distributed standard reporting system which is adapted to PCS 7 reporting, including
standard report templates.
● Process data can be presented in reports.
● Report templates can be created and adapted flexibly.
● Data from the PH can be presented at the OS runtime level with the WinCC Trend Control
und WinCC Alarm Control.
● PH data can be accessed via OPC HDA in association with the OpenPCS 7 station.
● Backup/restore function on hard disks.
● The status of the PH server can be visually displayed on the OS client.
● OPC UA server on the Process Historian
● PH redundancy
Licensing
A "Process Historian Server" basic license is required to operate the PH. The "Process
Historian Server Redundancy" license is required for a redundantly configured system. This
includes a redundancy license in addition to the basic license. The "Process Historian and
Information Server" license is offered for a combined PH and Information Server.
Note
As of PCS 7 V8.0 SP1, no countable PH archive license is required for a PCS 7 OS as a PH
data source.
There are the following license types for the PH:
● Process Historian server
● Process Historian Server Redundancy
● Process Historian Archive-BATCH
● Process Historian OPC UA Server
Configuring OS functions
10.4 Archiving
Compendium Part A - Configuration Guidelines (V8.2)
Configuration Manual, 08/2016, A5E38166869-AA 261
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