SIMATIC Process Historian

SIMATIC Process Historian

The Process Historian is a high-performance, long-term archiving server solution that stores WinCC process values and messages in a central database. The system offers full scalability for performance and scope. It records and stores data from one or more WinCC, WinCC RT Professional and PCS 7 projects.
The number of connected single stations, servers, or redundant server pairs is unrestricted. SIMATIC Process Historian is designed for use throughout your plant, and is positioned below the corporate management level (ERP, MES).

The SIMATIC Information Server is used as a reporting system for the Process Historian. It accesses the central database of the Process Historian and visualizes the data in clear, user-friendly displays on WinCC stations or office PCs. The central Process Historian database provides access to real-time data throughout the plant.
This data is the key to sustainable plant optimization measures. Since the archive system can be fully integrated, no additional engineering is required. SIMATIC Process Historian uses the integrated relational database, SQL Server from Microsoft®. No complex reconfiguration is needed because the archive system is integrated into WinCC. Selected WinCC process values or messages are archived long-term on a time or event-driven basis.

The Process Historian is used for the long-term archiving of process values and messages.

SIMATIC Process Historian 2014 SP3

• Central, plant-wide long-term archive as corporate information hub
• Real-time archiving of process values and messages from:
  • WinCC V7.0 SP3, V7.2, V7.3, V7.4 and V7.4 SP1
  • Data migration, WinCC V 6.2 SP 3 and higher
  • WinCC/Performance Monitor V7.4 and V7.4 SP1
  • WinCC RT Professional V13 SP1, V13 SP2, V14, and V14 SP1
  • PCS 7. SIMATIC BATCH (see PCS 7 catalog)
  • PCS 7 in accordance with PCS 7 specifications  
• High performance with very large data volumes
• Data access via OPC UA Server
• Migration support for data migration from WinCC/ Storage plus, CAS Storage plus and WinCC segments.
• High availability thanks to redundancy concept with observer/witness server for increasing data integrity
• High degree of security due to integrated, complete backup and restore of all segments (disaster recovery)
• Enhanced data security through store and forward mechanism
• Scalable without breaks in production
• Maximum data transparency
• High degree of security thanks to integrated backup system
• Simple and fast management and diagnostics with the Process Historian Management "Dashboard"
• Batch functionality in accordance with PCS 7 specifications

Operating systems, virtualization

• Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit Standard / Enterprise)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit Standard / Enterprise)
• Windows Server 2016
• MS SQL Server 2014 SP2

Process Historian 2014 has been released for the following virtual environments:

• VMWare vSphere Hyper Visor (ESXi) V5.5
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012