Configure PI AF Link access for cross-domain deployments

If the Data Archive server and the AF Server are on different, non-trusted domains (or if either or both are on no domain) then you need to manually configure PI AF Link’s access to the AF Server.

1. Create identical user accounts on the Data Archive server and AF Server.

   • The accounts must have the same password, as well as the same user name.

   • The Data Archive account requires read and write access to the Data Archive dat and log folders.

2. On the Data Archive server, set the PI AF Link service to run as the account you just created.

3. On the AF Server, add the account to the Windows group that the PI AF to MDB Preparation Wizard automatically created during the preparation process.

   The name of this group 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