Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 77)

6 • D EPLOYING NETWORK DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS
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About backing up System information with an application
The following illustration shows what a FactoryTalk View SE network distributed
application looks like when opened in FactoryTalk View Studio.
The FactoryTalk Network Directory (also called the Network Directory) is represented at
the top of application hierarchy. One level down, the System folder stores settings that are
used by all the applications that belong to the same Network Directory.
For example, FactoryTalk user and computer accounts set up for each application are
stored in the System folder.
When you back up a network distributed application, System information for the
application is not archived automatically. To save the System information, for example, in
order to preserve user and computer accounts, you must select the check box, Backup
System in archive.
If you back up System information with a network distributed application, when you
restore the application, you can also choose whether to restore the archived System
information.
If you do, keep in mind that restored System information does not merge with existing
FactoryTalk System settings held at the current FactoryTalk Network Directory.
HMI project
components
and editors
Application
Area
FactoryTalk Network
Directory
(host computer name).
LOCALHOST means that
the application’s directory is
on the local computer.
HMI server
The System folder
stores FactoryTalk
settings for all the
applications that
belong to the
Network Directory
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