Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 3.01 Installation and Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter 3 Pre-Installation Tasks
24 Rockwell Automation Publication HSE-IN024A-EN-E–December 2012
The Windows time zone (TZ) environment variable adversely
affects the Historian server. You must ensure that TZ is not set on
the Historian server computer.
To confirm that the TZ variable is not set on computers prior to
Windows 2008:
1. Go to Start > My Computer.
2. Right-click and select Properties.
3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
4. Click Environment Variables.
5. If the TZ variable is present, delete it.
6. If prompted, restart the computer.
To confirm that the TZ variable is not set on Windows Server
2008 and 2008 R2:
1. Go to Start > My Computer.
2. Right-click and select Properties.
3. Click Advanced system settings.
4. Click Environment Variables.
5. If the TZ variable is present, delete it.
6. If prompted, restart the computer.
We recommend that you use the default installation options.
If you want to use the SMT software installed on a FactoryTalk
Historian SE server computer to manage a FactoryTalk Historian
Live Data Interface installed on another computer, you must log on
to both computers with the same user name. (The user must have
administrator privileges on both computers.)
Disable the Windows Time
Zone (TZ) Environment
Variable
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