Configuration Guide User guide

Chapter 5 Post-Installation Tasks
58 Rockwell Automation Publication HSE-IN024A-EN-E–December 2012
NOTE
Perform the steps described below on each computer with the Asset
Framework service installed.
To configure the AF service to communicate with the PIFD SQL
database:
1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the following folder in the
Program Files directory: Rockwell Software\FactoryTalk
Historian\PIPC\AF\.
2. Open the AFService.exe.config file in a text editor.
3. Navigate to the <appSettings> section, and in the add element
with the key=connectString attribute update the values of
the server attribute:
server=SQLServer\SQLInstance
For example:
• If the SQL Server is running on a computer cluster, type the
IP address of the clustered resource as the SQLServer value.
• If the SQL Server is configured to use the SQL Server
database mirroring, add the failover partner attribute after
the server attribute with the following values:
failover partner=SQLServer\SQLInstance
For example:
Manually Configure the
Asset Framework Service