AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform¶
versiondog 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.
System requirements¶
| AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform | 2012 R2 | 2014 R2 SP1 | 2017 SP1 Update3 | 2017 SP3 | 2020 R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| versiondog 6.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| versiondog 7.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| versiondog 8.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| versiondog 9.0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* |
*Currently, it is not possible to perform a SmartCompare for version 2020 R2. Instead, a binary comparison is performed automatically. Uploads and corresponding disaster recovery can be performed in full.
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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.
Integration features¶
- Custom component type for AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform
- Integrated AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) System Platform project tree
- Automatic detection of differences between the automatically created backup and the current version of the Galaxy on the server (Version / backup detailed comparison)
- Continuous display of the change history
- SmartCompare for Galaxies (Version / backup detailed comparison)
- Automatic export of existing aaPKG and CAB
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Note that AVEVA used to be called Wonderware. For technical reasons, the original name is still used in versiondog. 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.