Targeted OSIsoft PI System Training
I think that we have all had the experience before where you sit in a training class, some of the information in the class is relevant to what you do, and some is not. At times, you sit there with your eyes glazed over bored to tears. You feel good finishing the class, but as…
Read MoreSuccessful upgrade of PI Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2
[update 10/8/14 – There is an OSIsoft alert (OSIsoft site login required) that PI Server 2012 is only supported on Windows Server 2012 R2 if Microsoft patch 2963918 is installed on the server. This fixes an issue with the VSS backups. I successfully upgraded the secondary server of my PI development collective to Windows Server 2012 R2. The…
Read MoreTime to make sure that you have plans to upgrade any old PI interface computers from XP
The new PI Interface Configuration Utility (ICU) was just released and posted to the download area on vCampus. It posted with a Windows XP End of Life notice. It would be interesting to know the percentage of PI interface computers out there still running on XP. I’m sure that it would not be an insignificant…
Read MoreWindows XP End of Life is quickly approaching
Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP on April 8th of this year. It is funny that I was just reminded of this impending deadline by a OSIsoft Technical Support Bulletin that I received in my email while I am working with a client to replace an old Windows 2000 box running a PI interface. There are…
Read MoreNew vCampus Beta Goodies! AF 2014 with Abacus analytics and DataLink 2014 with Event Frames
I just received the email from vCampus with a bunch of new goodies! The most exciting is the beta release of AF 2014 with the Abacus data analytics built in. Think Performance Equations for AF, only much much better. We got to play with an early alpha at vCampus 2012 and everyone has been eagerly…
Read MorePI in the Sky on a new Azure VM
At the UC this year, the OSIsoft folks gave a presentation about PI in the Sky or PI in the cloud (UC video here). Microsoft just publicly released some of the new capabilities discussed at the UC to Windows Azure and I wanted to give it a try. I decided to see how easy it…
Read More10 years worth of PI in a day. Never stepped foot on site.
I just finished migrating an ancient version of PI running on a Windows 2000 server to the 64bit version of PI 2012 running on new hardware and Windows 2008 R2. The plant users had to do without real-time PI readings for maybe a total of half an hour while we upgraded the old server to…
Read MoreRaesemann Enterprises is once again proud to be the Apparel Sponsor for the UNF Alumni Association’s Play a Round fore Scholarships annual golf tournament
Raesemann Enterprises is once again proud to sponsor the UNF Alumni Association’s Play a Round fore Scholarships annual golf tournament. The proceeds from the tournament support scholarships for students who are the first in their family to attend a University. To date, this tournament has had an impact of over $100,000 for the program.
Read MoreUpgrading OSIsoft vCampus development environment to newly released Microsoft products
I’ve spent the last few evenings running Windows Server 2008 R2 upgrades to Windows Server 2012. So far, things have gone relatively smoothly. I’ve upgraded my SQL Server, AF Server, and SharePoint 2010 Server to the new OS with no issues. I have, of course, taken snapshots of each VM prior to making any changes…
Read MorePI Server 2012 RC running on Windows 2012 Server in Azure
Laurent Garrigues @elkaturan gave an excellent presentation at the UC2012 about OSIsoft’s efforts to use new cloud capabilities to solve PI user problems. I wrote a little about it here. This week Microsoft publicly released some new capabilities in their Azure cloud and I thought I would take them out for a quick spin. Scott Guthrie…
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