Enterprise PIWith Remote Management

By Alton Loe

Smart ConnectorNodes

Plant LAN

Typical site architecture

Process Control Secure LAN

OSIsoft has 400+ interfaces to DCS/PLC, LIMS, OPC, SCADA Systems

Customer Systems

Data Stored in the PI System

Managed PI

PI System

Manual Data SCADA/DCSPLC / Instrument

SystemsLIMS Systems

Management Subsystem

On Each PI Node

Op Center Displays

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Smart Clients ProcessBook DataLinkThin Clients RtWebParts

Plant Users

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RtPortal Server

RtPortal

Manage

Data Center ExchangeInterface

PI ACE

Follow The Sun Coverage12 AM - 8 AM 5 PM – 12 AM8 AM – 5 PM

PI Management Subsystem• pinet3 connection to server

• auto discovery

Interface Config Utility

• remote control via RPC– file, registry, process explorer

– pipc & SDK logs

– service control manager

– product, OS, machine info.

Interface

Firewall

Interface

Interface

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PI Server

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Customer Site

PI Management Subsystem

• .msi & self-updates – Agent Downloads updates

from Web Server

– Option for Silent Install

– Simple Test

– Rollback on Failure

– Notification on Failure of Rollback

– Best for High Availability ApplicationsInterface

Firewall

Interface

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PI Server

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Customer Site

Enterprise System Monitor• data collection (IT Monitor)

– performance points for:• PI Server • UNIINT interfaces• operating system

– ping points

• data delivery e-mail– 5 minute reports– ~100k file size– XML report with log files– “PI to PI over email”– high resolution data

• data retrieval benchmark– time to retrieve Perf. Indicators

Interface

Firewall

Interface

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PI Server

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ESM

SMTP

Customer Site

Monitoring Remote Systems

• Enterprise System Monitor Interface– parse XML files– organize log files

• ACE analysis– written by the PI 3 Developers – high/low limits– predicted excursion– root cause

• Visualization– PB displays– SMT3 plug-in

ESMInterface

ExchangeServer

OSI Op Center

e-mail

XML

PI Server

(ACE)

Demo

• Prove to me that you have this stuff working!

Process Stopped

Event Log Tab

System Properties Tab

Log Files Tab

Don’s Aquarium

• Installed New Version with Management Subsystem

• No Increase in CPU

• 1400 New Tags (250 originally)

• Email Saturday Night Reporting Failure of PI Message Subsystem

• Restarted Service Remotely

• No Data Lost!

Subsystem Processes

Summary- What We Collect:

• Performance Indicators for

– PI Server

– Operating System

– Interfaces

– ACE & APS

• Logs

• We DON’T Collect Your Process Data

Summary - Problem Detection:

• Whether the data retrieval rate of the PI server is degrading

• Whether processes are running

• Processes are using too much CPU

• Processes are using too much memory or leaking memory

• For the PI Server, we also monitor whether the Subsystems are responsive.

Conclusion

• Enterprise Uses the Strengths of OSIsoft

– Rapid Deployment, System Management, and Updates

• Managed PI is Available Now with Enterprise

• Advantages

– Faster Response to Problems

– Frees Up Resources to Solve Problems

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