Understand the AF Link to PI Windows group

The AF Link to PI Windows group is the Windows group that the PI MDB to AF preparation wizard creates on the AF Server during configuration. PI AF Link gets its access permissions on the AF Server through this group.

By default, the full name of the AF Link to PI Windows group on the AF Server is:

AF Link to PI – MyDataServerHostname

where MyDataServerHostname is the host name of the Data Archive server.

For example, if the host name is MyDataServerComputer, then the Windows group on the AF Server is named:

AF Link to PI – MyDataServerComputer

Note: The account that PI AF Link Subsystem uses on the Data Archive server must be a member of the AF Link to PI group.

If the AF Server is on the Domain Controller, then you cannot use the default group and you must specify a domain account instead.