Limitations in Work Group Environment

AVEVA Batch management in a work group environment presents several limitations that may impact the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Understanding these limitations is crucial for setting realistic expectations and ensuring that system performance meets operational needs.

Below are some key limitations typically encountered in the distributed setup:

Environment

• Node 1: AVEVA System Platform (IDE + Bootstrap) + AVEVA Batch Management Server

• Node 2: AVEVA System Platform (IDE + Bootstrap + GR + InTouch) + AVEVA Batch Management Clients (Development + Runtime)

• Node 3: AVEVA Batch Management (History + Reports)

Limitations

1. Deployment Issue on GR Node:

   The remote Windows platform on the GR node fails to deploy.

   Error: Failed to deploy 'WinPlatform_001': Access denied, invalid credentials.

   This prevents the IBMX service from starting on the batch server node, ultimately blocking batch execution with IBMX.

2. Development Client Configuration Failure:

   The development client cannot be configured because users on the development client node lack permissions to access the Batch Server’s shared folder.

   Error: Batch Management folder on the Server node is not shared, or the current user does not have permissions on the share. Manually grant 'full control' permissions to the current user on the Server share.

3. History Server Configuration Failure:

   Unable to configure the History Server when pointing to a remote SQL server.

   Error: Create failed for Login 'INBATCHWGVM\BMLocalUser'. An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. Windows NT user or group 'INBATCHWGVM\BMLocalUser' not found. Check the name again.

   This occurs because the local user of the remote node cannot be added to SQL Server, a known limitation of SQL.

4. SMS Configuration Limitation:

   SMS cannot be configured by pointing to a remote SMS. Each node must act as a separate SMS to generate the required certificates for configuring AVEVA Batch Management features.