Install a Data Archive server

The following flow chart offers a high-level overview of the entire installation at a glance. Related tasks are grouped together into phases of installation.

There are four phases that comprise the Data Archive installation process. Each phase contain tasks that achieve specific results relevant to that particular stage of installation. The four phases of installation are:

• Pre-installation

  The first phase of installation focuses on the planning and preparation essential to ensure a successful installation. This phase involve such tasks as: selecting a deployment model, ensuring compatibility for the server hardware and operating system, opening a port for communication with the network, and preparing the necessary license files.

• Installation

  The second phase of installation involves using the install wizard or command line to install the Data Archive server on the host computer.

• Post-installation

  The third phase of installation focuses on verifying and setting up your newly-installed Data Archive server for use in your data infrastructure. In this phase of the install, you verify that the installation was successful, and that the related services are running on your host computer. Some of the initial configurations include configuring nightly backup jobs and setting tuning parameters for you deployment.

• Connecting an interface

  The fourth phase of installation involves connecting a PI interface to your newly-installed Data Archive server, the source of incoming data for Data Archive.

For Data Archivecollective deployments: If you want to deploy your Data Archive server as part of a collective, you must first perform the installation and post-installation tasks on the primary server. Afterwards, perform the same tasks on each secondary Data Archive server within your collective.