TN - IO - 26110314 Moving OI Server Configuration From One Machine To Another

• Document Version: 001
• Applies to Version(s): all

Description  

There are times when you are replacing existing systems or upgrading it to a new version; and the original system contains connections to PLCs. 

When setting up the new system, you’ll have to configure the connections to be able to communicate with the PLC devices. Sometimes, it can be several connections and repetitive work if already done once on the old system.

Solution Steps:

Each driver has a configuration file which you can take to the new machine to carry the entire structure from the OI Server Manager configuration.

Open File Explorer -> navigate to:

C:\ProgramData\Wonderware

Note: If you do not see “Program Data”, make sure you go to View -> Show Hidden Items:

From there, depending on what you have installed, will depend on what folder names you see. If you’re using OI Servers, you’ll want to navigate to:

C:\ProgramData\Wonderware\OI-Server\$Operations Integration Supervisory Servers$\

From this folder, select what driver’s configuration you want to backup:

In this example, we’ll take the OI MBTCP’s configuration, the file that holds the structure in the OI Server Manager is a .aacfg file:

You can now take this file, and place it on a different machine in the same directory to bring in the configuration structure.

Note: This example uses an MBTCP driver. For other drivers, the path and file name may be different. Also, if going from a DA Server to an OI Server, you’ll have to rename the file (i.e. DASMBTCP.aacfg to MBTCP.aacfg).

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