Configuration Guide User guide

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Chapter 1
Overview
FactoryTalk Historian Site Edition (SE) provides the capability to
collect, store, analyze, and visualize data using a powerful engine and
a set of reporting tools such as time-series trends, bar charts, pie
charts, pareto and tabular trends, and a method of generating reports
using Microsoft Excel. It also uses compressed-storage data
algorithms to contain a vast amount of data in a small format.
In the following chapters, you will find information on how to
install, secure, configure, use, and troubleshoot FactoryTalk
Historian SE:
• System Requirements (page 17)
• Pre-Installation Tasks (page 23)
• Installing FactoryTalk Historian (page 25)
• Post-Installation Tasks (page 53)
• Configuring FactoryTalk Historian (page 61)
• Troubleshooting FactoryTalk Historian (page 107)
• Appendix A: Configuring Historian Servers in High
Availability Mode (page 117)
• Appendix B: Configuring Live Data Interface Redundancy
(page 129)
• Appendix C: FactoryTalk View SE TrendX (page 131)
• Appendix D: Upgrading FactoryTalk Historian (page 137)
• Appendix E: Removing FactoryTalk Historian (page 139)