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AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform

octoplant supports the management of galaxies of the AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform and enables the automatic creation of backups and the cyclical monitoring of galaxies.

Device Support Level

Figure: Device Support Level AVEVA System Platform

Key features

Figure: AVEVA System Platform Key features

Workflow

Figure: Workflow AVEVA System Platform

System requirements

AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform 2012 R2 2014 R2 SP1 2017 SP1 Update3 2017 SP3 2020 R2 2023
octoplant 101
octoplant 101.3

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The comparison for AVEVA System Platform can use the extended address space on a 64-bit system and thus also process very large projects.

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Note that AVEVA used to be called Wonderware. For technical reasons, the original name is still used in octoplant. From now on there is also the new Component type, AVEVA. Depending on which version you are using, both component types can be used.

Supported formats for AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform:

Complete backup (CAB)

  • Consists of one file containing all objects. Example: {Galaxy name}.cab.
  • Backup of the complete Galaxy and full restoration (disaster recovery) are possible.
  • An MS SQL Server is required for a comparison. The MS SQL Server must have the same version as the MS SQL Server of the GRNode.
  • The programs Bootstrap and Archestra IDE must be installed and licensed for the job.
  • The IDE (including GRAccess) is required for the Upload.

Exported objects (AAPKG)

  • Only selected objects are included.
  • Comparison is possible, but no upload can be configured.
  • No additional software is required for comparison.
  • The IDE (including GRAccess) is required for automatic export during versioning.