Archive the Alarms History

You can archive the alarms history stored on the alarm server to a variety of devices, including:

• Removable hard disk
• Removable flash memory
• CD-R and CD-RW
• DVD-R and DVD-RAM
• Network file share.

To archive events, you firstly need to confirm that the following parameters are configured correctly:

• [Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>]ArchiveAfter
• [Alarm.<ClusterName>.<ServerName>]KeepOnlineFor

For more information, see Configure the Archiving Parameters.

To specify a destination for your archived events, you also need set the following alarm server properties:

• Archive Path
• Archive Prefix (optional)

For more information, see Specify a Destination for Archived Events.

Once you have prepared your system, you can initiate archiving in the following ways:

• Initiate Archiving with a Cicode Function
• Configure Automatic Archiving for an Alarm Server
• Use Scheduler to Trigger Archiving

Published June 2018