Archiving a Citadel Database to a Remote Computer in the LabVIEW DSC Module II

This VI demonstrates how to archive a Citadel database to a remote computer. This is done by archiving the database to a local temporary directory first, then copying this directory content to the target remote directory. The core VI in this example is an Archive Database VI. The limitation of this VI is that it can archive the database to a local computer only. Therefore, after the VI has completed the local backup, the files are copied to the remote computer with a standard LabVIEW Copy VI. If you were to execute the Copy VI directly on the source database, it would be an incomplete copy because the database can be still open for logging. The only way to archive an open database to a remote computer is to use the Archive Database VI to archive the database locally (local_temp_directory\LVDSCTemp), then copy that archive to the remote computer using the Copy VI.

Complete the following steps to use this example:

1. Select the local database to archive in the SOURCE CITADEL PATH control. If you leave this blank, it will default to the current logging database.

2. Select the REMOTE DIRECTORY by using the browse button on the path control.

3. Set the ARCHIVAL OPTIONS to customize the operation of the archive. Note that some of these options are ignored if the database was not logged using the currently loaded .scf file.

Requirements

Filename: archive_to_remote_computer.llb

Software Requirements

Application Software: LabVIEW Full Development System 6.1
Toolkits and Add-Ons: LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module 6.1
Language(s): LabVIEW

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