Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 357)

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2. In Windows Explorer, copy any necessary files from the primary server computer to
the secondary server computer.
3. On the secondary server computer, specify the location of the FactoryTalk Network
Directory.
4. In the primary server’s Properties dialog box, set up redundancy options, and specify
the name of the secondary server computer.
5. Ensure that data on the primary and secondary servers is identical:
 For HMI servers, you can manually replicate changes from the primary to the
secondary server. For details, see page 14-16.
 For data servers, settings for topics and networks, for example, must be identical.
For information about setting this up, see the product documentation.
For specific information about setting up redundancy for HMI servers, see “Setting up a
redundant HMI server pair,” next.
Setting up a redundant HMI server pair
These are the steps involved in setting up a redundant FactoryTalk View SE Server (also
called an HMI server), in a FactoryTalk View SE network distributed application:
1. On the secondary server computer:
 Install and activate the FactoryTalk View SE Server software. For details, see the
FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide.
 Specify the location of the Network Directory for the application. For details, see
Chapter 4, Setting up the FactoryTalk Directory.
 Copy the primary HMI server’s project files to the secondary server computer. For
details, see page 14-14.
2. On the primary sever computer:
 Set up redundancy options, and specify the secondary server computer name. For
details, see page 14-15.
 To ensure that settings for the redundant pair are identical, replicate changes from
the primary to the secondary server. For details, see page 14-16.
Specify the Network Directory on the secondary computer
After installing the FactoryTalk View SE Server software on the secondary server
computer, specify the location of the FactoryTalk Network Directory for the application.