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Tech Note 1010 - SQL Server Authentication and ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions When Installing Wonderware Historian

This document outlines the network account and SQL Server authentication restrictions when installing Wonderware Historian. The ArchestrA network account for the local machine user must be added to specific local user groups. When using a domain account, it or the domain group must be added to those local user groups. SQL Server can be configured to use Windows authentication and assign database roles to specific users, or use the built-in Windows user groups created during installation. SQL Server must be configured for mixed mode authentication if other Wonderware products will be installed.

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Tech Note 1010 - SQL Server Authentication and ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions When Installing Wonderware Historian

This document outlines the network account and SQL Server authentication restrictions when installing Wonderware Historian. The ArchestrA network account for the local machine user must be added to specific local user groups. When using a domain account, it or the domain group must be added to those local user groups. SQL Server can be configured to use Windows authentication and assign database roles to specific users, or use the built-in Windows user groups created during installation. SQL Server must be configured for mixed mode authentication if other Wonderware products will be installed.

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SQL Server Authentication and ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions When Installing Wonderware Historian

Tech Note 1010


SQL Server Authentication and ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions When Installing
Wonderware Historian

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Topic#: 002842
Created: January 2014

Introduction
This Tech Note outlines SQL server Authentication and ArchestrA Network account restrictions when installing Wonderware Historian.

Application Versions
Wonderware Historian 10.0 SP1 P01 (System Platform 2012)

Wonderware Historian 11.0, 11.5 (System Platform 2012 R2)

Wonderware Historian 11.5 (System Platform 2014)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 32 bit / 64 bit

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 32 bit / 64 bit

ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions


If you need to install or run Wonderware Historian using a local machine user, the ArchestrA Network Account for that user should be a
member of the aaUser, aaAdministrator, and aaReplicationUsers local user groups (Figure 1 below).

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SQL Server Authentication and ArchestrA Network Account Restrictions When Installing Wonderware Historian

FIGurE 1: LOCal USEr ACCOuNtS

When using a domain account or domain group, you either need to use Historian version 11.0-Patch01 or higher, or you have to
add the domain account itself (not the domain group) to previous local user groups. This ensures that Wonderware Historian will
work without any issues.

If you are using Historian version 11.0, you can apply Hotfix CR L00127062 to enable you to add domain groups instead of a
specific domain account (this Hotfix is already included in Historian 11.0 Patch 01).

There are also some restrictions regarding the ArchestrA account user name and password; you may only use ASCII characters
and you are limited to 23 characters maximum.

Microsoft SQL Server Account


If you are using Windows Authentication to connect to Microsoft SQL Server, there are two ways to configure it for use with Historian
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Server:

You can create the account in SQL Server Management Studio and assign it to the desired database roles for Runtime.

FIGurE 2: ASSIGN USEr MaPPING

OR

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You can use the built-in Windows user groups that get created during Historian Server product installation, and simply add the
users to those groups.

FIGurE 3: ADD USErS tO tHE aaUSErS HIStOrIaN GrOuP

Microsoft SQL Server Configuration


When you install Microsoft SQL Server for Wonderware Historian 10.0 SP1 P01 you have to install the 32-bit version of SQL Server
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regardless of which operating system you have (see Tech Note #682 for more details). But when you install it for Historian 11.0 you
can install either the 32-bit or 64-bit version if your operating system permits.

FIGurE 4: HIStOrIaN 11 INStallatION TYPES

If you are configuring Microsoft SQL Server on a machine that has another Wonderware product like Application Server, InTouch, etc. you
must configure Microsoft SQL Server to use Mixed Mode authentication to log in to the system.

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FIGurE 5: MIXED MODE SQL SErVEr AutHENtICatION

If you are preparing the machine for only Wonderware Historian you can configure it to use only Windows authentication if you wish
(Figure 6 below), but it is recommended to use Mixed Mode in case other Wonderware products are installed at a later time.

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FIGurE 6: OPtIONal WINDOwS AutHENtICatION MODE fOr HIStOrIaN -ONlY INStallatION

M. Salah, C. Boutcher

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