If you were using one of the legacy plugin roles, BACnet, Modbus, OPC Client, or SNMP
Manager, you must migrate the entities they manage to the new Industrial IoT
plugin role.
What you should know
- Starting with version 5.0.0.0, only the Industrial IoT plugin role is
needed to manage all IoT protocols. For this reason, only the Time
Series settings for the Industrial IoT plugin role are
preserved. The Time Series settings for the legacy plugin roles will
be lost.
- For the migration to work, the Industrial IoT database must use Windows
authentication.
Procedure
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From the Config Tool home page, open the
Plugins task.
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Select the Industrial IoT plugin role and click the
Properties tab.
When you have legacy plugin roles on your system, a third section is displayed
under the
Time Series section in the
Properties page.
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In the Import section, click the drop-down list, select a plugin
to migrate, and click Import.
The
Importation dialog box opens.
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(Optional) Select the Import reports option to preserve the
historical data.
The historical data include the health events, the input activities, and the rule
activities. You can view these historical data with the Industrial IoT investigation
tasks.
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Click Import to start the importation.
The import of the selected plugin starts. Do not close this window before the
progress bar shows 100%.
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When the importation is finished, do one of the following:
- Click Delete old database to delete the old database before
clicking Close.
- Click Close and delete the old database yourself from the
Resources page of the disabled plugin role.
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Repeat the same process for all legacy plugins that you have on your system.
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Delete all legacy plugin roles that are no longer needed: BACnet, Modbus, OPC Client,
and SNMP Manager.