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Deploying Redundant Systems
Configuring Redundancy options
You can configure application redundancy by configuring two computers as servers. One computer will be the primary, and the other will be the secondary or hot standby. If the primary computer or connection to the computer fails, the system automatically fails over to the secondary computer.
*Note: If you selected HMI as the Product Family, the redundancy configuration is not available.
To configure redundancy:
1. Go to Info >Project > Redundancy.
2. Enter or select the information, as needed.
 
Field
Description
Enable Configuration
Select to enable the redundancy configuration.
Primary Server IP and Port
Enter the IP address and port of the primary server.
Secondary Server IP and Port
Enter the IP address and port of the secondary server.
On Primary Startup
Select the option you want.
Historian Replication
Select how to handle historian replication.
Connection Timeout
Connection timeout time, in seconds, to switch to secondary server.
Server Command Line
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the command for use.
Rich Client Command
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
Smart Client URL
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
Web Client URL
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
 
Automatically start the application on a Windows client:
1. Go to Info > Project > Redundancy.
2. Enter or select the information, as needed.
 
Field
Description
Enable Configuration
Select to enable the configuration.
Primary Server IP and Port
Enter the IP address and port of the primary server.
Secondary Server IP and Port
Enter the IP address and port of the secondary server, if any.
On Primary Startup
Select the option you want.
Historian Replication
Select how to handle historian replication.
Connection Timeout
Connection timeout time, in seconds, to switch to secondary server.
Rich Client Command
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
Smart Client URL
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
Web Client URL
Read-only field populated based on the fields above. Click Copy to copy the command for use.
3. Click the Copy button next to the type of client you want to start automatically.