Archive management tools

SMT archive management tools

The Archives tool in SMT displays a list of registered archives for each connected Data Archive server. The archive list shows the status and properties of each archive. Toolbar functions and a context menu allow you to monitor and manage archive use.

• Archive Editor

  View, edit, insert, and delete values for events in a PI archive. In SMT, select Data > Archive Editor.

• Archives tool

  Monitor and manage archive use. The tool displays a list of registered archives for each connected Data Archive server, including the status and properties of each archive. In SMT, select Operation > Archives.

• Snapshot and Archive Statistics tool

  Monitor archive subsystem and snapshot subsystem activity and usage statistics on connected servers. If you periodically review these statistics, you can solve system or data issues before they become large problems. Many of the statistics, such as Overflow Data Record Count, are informational; others are valuable for predictive maintenance. In SMT, select Operation > Snapshot and Archive Statistics.

Command-line utilities

For information on using command-line tools to manage archives, see the Data Archive reference topics PI Data Archive command-line utilities.

• piartool

  Manage most archive management tasks, including creating, registering, and unregistering archives, forcing archive shifts, and listing archive file details.

• piarchss

  Use as an offline processor to reorganize (combine and split) and repair archive files.