Register an AVEVA Historian

To register an AVEVA Historian:

1. In the Operations Control Management Console tree, right-click the server (or group) and then click New Historian Registration. The Registered Historian Properties dialog box appears.

   

2. In the Historian box, either type the name of a new server to register or select a previously registered server from the list. If you select a previously registered server, all options saved for that server appear in the dialog box. If you edit these options and click OK, the new settings are saved.

3. In the Management Console - Windows Login Information area, choose a method for the Management Console to connect to the Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager runs as a Windows service on the Historian computer.

   1. Select Use Windows integrated authentication to connect to the Configuration Manager using the Windows user account logged into the system.

   2. To use a specific Windows user account, clear Use Windows integrated authentication, then enter specific user credentials:

      Domain

      Name of the Windows domain in which the login is validated. A domain is a group of computers that share a central database for security authentication.

      Login Name

      Valid login name for Windows.

      Password

      Valid login password for Windows.

   3. If you select Always prompt for login information, stored login information is not used and, instead, a login prompt appears each time access is required.

4. In the Configuration Editor - SQL Server Login Information area, configure the login that the Configuration Editor uses to authenticate to the associated Microsoft SQL Server.

   Note: Use the correct case for login IDs and passwords if your database is case-sensitive.

   1. Select Use Windows integrated authentication to use the Windows user account logged into the system. The logged-in user should be a valid user on the AVEVA Historian computer, and the user account needs to be assigned to the proper Runtime database roles.

   2. To use a valid SQL Server login, click Use SQL Server authentication. The following options become available:

      Login Name

      Valid login ID for the SQL Server.

      Password

      Valid login password for the SQL Server.

      Always prompt for login information

      If selected, stored login information is not used and, instead, a login prompt appears each time access is required.

   Important: SQL Server authentication is provided for backward compatibility only. For improved security, we recommend that you use Windows authentication.

5. If you select Display Historian state in console, the Historian's icon in the Operations Control Management Console indicates its running status:

   

   Icon	Status
   	Server is running
   	Server is shutting down
   	Server is not running
   	Server is starting up

   If Display Historian state in console is not selected, the Historian uses the default icon .

6. In the Refresh Rate box, type the rate at which the status, client connections, and data acquisition information are refreshed in the details pane. You can specify a value of 0 or between 500 ms and 86,400,000 ms. If you set this rate to 0, the server status is checked one time when the console opens. After that, you need to manually refresh the details pane.

7. Click OK.