Maintaining your PI Server

7 April 2024

Once your OSIsoft PI Server and interfaces are set up and running smoothly, the real work begins for the system administrator. This guide outlines essential daily, weekly, monthly, and annual tasks to maintain your system’s health, along with valuable tips from our experience with OSIsoft PI.

Topics covered in this guide:

  • PI System Management Tools (SMT)
  • PI System Tray
  • PI Builder (previously PI Tag Configurator)
  • PI Interface Configuration Utility (ICU)
  • PI Collective Manager
  • PI System Explorer
  • Buffering Manager
  • Best practices around maintaining your PI Server (daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks)
  • Tips and tricks and PI Data Archive command-line utilities
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