SV 13-09 LSS AS PHD R320 Upgrade from R210

Lifecycle Solutions & Services
Service Note
Upgrading Uniformance® PHD
From R210 or R215 to R320
Elevate Operational Intelligence and Plant Data Management
Honeywell’s latest release of Uniformance® Process History Database (PHD R320)
takes another step in enabling the digital plant. Now with more speed and more data
access than before, PHD supports operational intelligence by collecting, storing and
replaying historical and continuous plant process data, which makes timely data visible
at the production level and enterprise-wide. PHD helps engineers and plant managers
make better and faster decisions with superior data management.
Plant Data Management Challenge
We all know the challenges associated with managing plant
information systems. At the heart of the issue are rapidly
changing information technology, evolving network
configurations, security concerns, and new skill requirements for
application administrators and end use. Managing these constant
changes under tight budgets is a key concern for many in the
process industries. Honeywell’s new release of Uniformance
PHD can help users overcome these challenges with new
technology and services tailored to your specific needs.
Easy to use desktop tools offer intuitive drag/drop trending for fast access
to information and analytics
Why Migrate to PHD R320?
PHD R320 introduces many new features and capabilities that
PHD users and administrators can quickly leverage to get the
most out of their plant information system. For example, users
who have not already migrated to the Uniformance Process
Studio (UPS) desktop will now experience a more powerful, new
workspace environment that offers a variety of new analysis tools
including integrated trends and events, advanced regression
analysis, SPC charts, and more. There are also new embedded
Process schematics dashboard allows data to be analyzed in context with
the process
Uniformance System Monitoring capabilities that can be
configured to help you better manage and optimize the
performance of your PHD R320 system. PHD R320 Improves
event analysis and investigation by integrating process points
Upgrading Uniformance PHD From R210 to R320
and events. It also provides powerful trend and analysis tools to
aid decision making.
A Fully-Supported Platform Protecting You from
Obsolescence
Uniformance® PHD R320 equips end users on the familiarity of
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A new standard for Scalability & Performance
The power of a 64-bit server with Windows Server 2012 not only
increases the capacity of your archives but increases the
processing power of the data - even with a decrease in required
servers for the same data. Customers who have upgraded to
Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows 8 for desktop customers,
PHD R320 have remarked on the noticeably faster performance
and harnesses the computing power of the Windows Server 2012
for end-users and the reduced need to pull the data offline for
platform for data storage and archiving. With the support of up-to-
improved analysis. In addition they've confirmed that the stability
date security patches from Microsoft, Honeywell is committed to
of the new system has allowed the data to be accessible for
fully supporting the current release of PHD with security and
months, with no reported issues. Users can scale up with years
defect updates. This release also helps you to adopt the latest
of data, millions of tags and 1000s of users.
SQL Server platform.
Best-in-Class User Tools
Along with PHD R320, is Uniformance® Process Studio:
Proven “One-Hop” Migration
Over 350 customers have made the "one-hop" migration from
complementary software that allows you to easily build trends
R21x to the R300 series. The process takes one week on
and review graphics for better visibility and analysis of their
average, and existing systems and data remain functional during
process data. This analysis software also provides highly
the upgrade. In addition, your existing history archives will
configurable navigation, trending and graphics for even the most
continue to work on the new system without fuss or transcription.
advanced users. Uniformance Process Studio can also integrate
with 3rd party historians using OPC HDA (even if Uniformance
PHD is not the your only historian.)
Consolidated Event Journal
Beginning with R310, PHD provides history for both events and
process data. Users have the historical data and tools to view
process alarms, events, and process changes alongside charts
and graphics to better understand trends, and troubleshoot
conditions leading to process anomalies.
Consolidated Event Journal (CEJ) collects events and alarms
from TPS, Experion®, OPC A&E Servers, and CEJ Peer Servers.
Data collected by CEJ is available to reports and Uniformance
Process Studio. If the CEJ Server fails during event collection,
the system recovers history data based on the last successful
date and time, ensuring that the CEJ holds a consistent record of
historical events.
Enhanced monitoring console helps keep your system running and
ensures availability of data and information
Simple Administration Tools
Modernized configuration tools allow your end-users to easily
import and export their data to their preferred analysis tool,
Microsoft Excel®. Additional tools in PHD R320 will also arm your
IT staff with a one-stop console to monitor the system health of
the entire system, including distributed configurations with
multiple shadows and collectors. These tools extend further to
provide notifications on the built-in system monitoring.
New release of Uniformance PHD includes integrated trends and events
for powerful incident analysis
Upgrading Uniformance PHD From R210 to R320
Feature Comparison
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More about Benefits Guardianship Program
This product comes with worldwide, premium support services
through our Benefits Guardianship Program (BGP). BGP is
designed to help our customers improve and extend the usage of
their software applications and the benefits they deliver,
ultimately maintaining and safeguarding their software
investment.
By upgrading to PHD R320, a one-year enrollment to BGP is
included. This enrollment allows you access to Honeywell
support services, including telephone, email and online support.
In addition, BGP enrollment includes one free software upgrade
during the year of the contract. BGP coverage protects your
investment from obsolescence.
The Results Can Be Significant
Honeywell provides a complete portfolio of service offerings to
extend the life of your plant historian and provide a cost-effective
path forward to the latest application technology. A number of
companies around the world have already benefited by
upgrading to PHD R320 with the following results:
• Achieved IT compliance to ensure full Windows compatibility.
• Improved user experience through much faster performance—
accessing the right data views when needed.
• Reduced overall cost - automated system monitoring and take
synchronization along with easier administration reduces
overall cost of ownership.
For More Information
Learn more about how Honeywell’s Uniformance
PHD can improve decision making visit our
website
www.honeywellprocess.com/software or contact
your Honeywell account manager.
Honeywell Process Solutions
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SV-13-09-ENG
July 2014
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