PI Collective Manager Overview

What is a PI Collective?

A PI Collective is two or more replicated PI Servers that collect data concurrently. Collectives are part of the High Availability environment. When the primary PI Data Archive in a collective becomes unavailable, a secondary collective member node seamlessly continues to collect and provide data access to your PI clients.
 

What is the PI Collective Manager?

The PI Collective Manager is a utility installed along with PI Data Archive 3.4.375 (PR1) and later. You will find it typically under the Start>All Programs>PI System menu (or Start> Program Files> PI System for older operating systems). The PI Collective Manager allows an administrator to create a new PI Server collective, look at the status of existing collectives and their member nodes, and edit the collective and member node properties. You can also use the PI Collective Manager to force a 'failover' which means you connect to a secondary collective member instead of the primary to simulate the primary member being unavailable.

For more information on the PI Collective Manager, see the PI Collective Manager Help file (available from within the program).