Migration Of Cas Databases To The Process Historian - Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Service Manual

Preparing for the software update

5.1 Migration of CAS databases to the Process Historian

4. Click "Open".
The selected archive segment is detached from the archive. Once the archive segment has
been detached from the archive, the archive segment is deleted from the hard disk of the
CAS. A message window shows whether the archive segment has been deleted.
5. Click "OK".
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for all closed archives.
5.1.3 Migration of CAS databases to the Process Historian
If a central archive server (CAS) was used in the PCS 7 project, this cannot archive new plant
data from PCS 7 plants as of V8.1.
Recommendation:
Replace the CAS with the following PC stations:
● Process Historian as external archive server
● Information Server as reporting system
Requirement
The CAS databases were created with a central archive server as of PCS 7 V7.0 (Storage
Plus V1.2).
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Software update without utilization of new functions
Service Manual, 03/2016, A5E36200133-AA