This video will demonstrate a new installation of
PI Buffer Subsystem version 4.3
The scenario presented in the video will also apply if you are
upgrading from a previous version and buffering was never configured on
the machine. To start with, let's take a look at some of the
system requirements. I have the PI Buffer Subsystem
software requirements from the PI Live
library. As you can see, PI Buffer Subsystem
supports both 32 bit and 64 bit client and server
Windows operating systems starting from Windows
Server 2003 SP2. For the destination PI Data Archive
Server, the version requirement is that it
must be version 3.4.375
or later. As always, we recommend running the latest version for the best
performance. Finally, if you are configuring buffering
for PI API based interfaces,
you'll need to use PI ICU version 1.4.15 or
later. And if you are configuring buffering for AF
SDK or PI SDK products, you'll
need PI AF client version 2014 or
PI SDK version 2014
respectively.
So let's take a look at the current configuration of my
Interface machine. Here in PI ICU,
you'll notice that I already have two PI Interfaces configured and
running.
However, if I open the buffering option, you'll notice
I currently have no buffering
mechanism configured. Keep in mind that since this is
an installation, a system reboot or service
stoppage may be necessary. So these two interfaces that I have here
may need to be stopped during the
installation. So when you are doing the installation, make sure that you have the appropriate
downtime scheduled or you have interface failover
configured to minimize the data downtime necessary
for installation. Alright, so let's
show where to get the install
kits. You'll want to navigate your browser
to the OSIsoft Tech Support page at techsupport.osisoft.com
Once there, go to
downloads. Once the download page has
loaded, you can type in PI Buffer
Subsystem for the product name and click
search. You'll notice
that as of the recording of this video,
we get these results returned. Since I want to
configure Buffering for PI Interfaces, I'm going to
download the PI Interface Configuration Utility,
version 1.4.16.79A.
If you are configuring buffering for PI
SDK or AF SDK, it's currently recommended
that you download the PI Asset Framework client
2014 R2 SP1 install kit since
this contains the latest version of PI Buffer Subsystem
as well as the PI SDK.
OK, so I already have the install kit downloaded.
And it's saved to my D drive Install Kits folder.
Let's go ahead and get started with the installation.
I'm going to right click the install kit and
run as administrator.
It's going to prompt me for a location to unzip the
install files. So I'm just going to put it into the same
D drive install kits folder.
Once the files are unzipped,
the splash screen will show that
PI Buffer Subsystem is one of the modules that will be
upgraded. I already have an older version
of PI Buffer Subsystem installed on the machine, but
since I never configured it for buffering,
I stated before the installation procedure will be the same as a new
installation.
The installation will then show me which services
need to be stopped for the installation. So if I click
next, you'll notice that it also shows me that
my two interfaces will also
need to be stopped. Once the installation is
complete, the installation will restart the services.
So once again, please make sure that you have
either the appropriate downtime scheduled or interface
failover configured to minimize your data downtime.
Now that the installation has finished,
you'll notice that all of my services have been
restarted, including my two PI Interfaces for
OPC DA.
So in the final splash
screen, we can see that PI Buffer Subsystem
was successfully installed. If you are configuring
buffering for PI Interfaces, you can continue by
watching the video Configure PI Buffer Subsystem for PI
API Interfaces. Otherwise, if you are configuring
buffering for PI SDK or AF SDK
clients, you can watch the video Configure PI Buffer Subsystem
for SDK Buffering.