System Management
The System Management is the central administrative unit for WinCC OA Systems.
- System management
- Diagnostics
- Reports
- Database
  - Data backup in WinCC OA
  - Supported Database Combinations
    An overview over the possible database combinations within a WinCC OA project.
  - WCCOAtoolCreateDb
  - Upgrading a project using ISO character sets to UTF8 character sets
  - History DB
  - Archive/Export Alerts
  - ASCII Manager
    The ASCII Manager allows you to input and output and thus edit data points and data point types and to configure data points.
  - Online Backup
  - Steps of the online DB backup process
  - Archiving and Compression
  - Data Point Groups
    The main purpose of grouping data points is to simplify selection of datapoints and datapoint elements.
  - PowerConfig Editor
  - RDB Archiving
  - RDB Compression
  - RDB Log
  - HDB/RAIMA - RDB Parallel
  - OLE DB Provider
    OLE DB is a Microsoft specification for accessing data on different computers. It is based on Microsoft's COM technology and is the successor to the older and limited ODBC technology.
  - NextGen Archiver (NGA)
    The NextGenArchive (NGA) for is a archiving solution which extends flexibility while keeping the possibilities and strengths of the current methods. This chapter provides an overview of the NGA feature.
  - SQLite®
    - SQLite®
    - SQLite Configuration
    - SQLite® Database Files
    - Manual Migration of RAIMA → SQLite®
    - Notes and Restrictions
      Notes and restrictions that must be considered when using SQLite®.
- Driver
- Driver IEC
- Driver OPC
- Driver S7
- SmartSCADA
- Permission
- Communication
- Settings

SQLite®

SQLite provides an excellent performance and a project is very quick to create. SQLite is recommended for new projects. Futhermore, SQLite is faster than RAIMA and has a lower memory and RAM consumption. For more information, see chapter SQLite Configuration.