About the Operations Control Management Console

With the Operations Control Management Console, you can:

• Start and stop the AVEVA Historian software

• Monitor the system

• Make configuration changes

The Operations Control Management Console is a saved Microsoft Management Console (MMC) file, which has an .msc extension. Microsoft Management Console is a container application that can host one or more third-party snap-in applications.

The snap-in for the Historian includes a main console tree to add one or more servers that can be administered. The console tree functions like Windows Explorer or the folder view in Internet Explorer. The snap-in also includes areas for monitoring and controlling each Historian in the console tree, as well as for configuring each server.

The Operations Control Management Console can be installed on a different computer than the historians you want to administer. You can perform all monitoring and administrative tasks from a single computer anywhere on your network.

Some of the general functionality of the Operations Control Management Console is provided by the MMC container. See the Microsoft Management Console documentation for for more detailed information on using the MMC.

Note: The Operations Control Management Console is different from regular consoles in that you can alter the position of the first column. Also, when you shut down the console and restart it, any changes to the column layout are not persistent.

The Operations Control Management Console window consists of two main areas: the console tree and the details pane.

The console tree (also called the scope pane) contains all items available within the console. For the AVEVA Historian software, this includes the registered servers, the Management Console, and the Configuration Editor. Additional ArchestrA consoles, such as the Log Viewer, may appear in the Operations Control Management Console.

If the Operations Control Management Console is installed on the same computer as the Historian, the server is automatically registered and appears under the default Historian Group item in the console tree. However, if the Operations Control Management Console is installed on a remote computer, you must register a Historian. For more information, see Register AVEVA Historian servers.

The details pane (also called the results pane) shows the relevant data pertaining to the item currently selected in the console tree.

If you double-click an item in the details pane, a Properties dialog box appears, if applicable.

For some of the tree items, you can export all associated information shown in the details pane to a text file. Exported items include History Blocks and anything under the Configuration Editor item. You can save a particular sub-range of rows by first highlighting them with the mouse. To export, right-click the parent item in the console tree pane and then click Export List. You can open the file using any text editor and then print the data.