After installing Wonderware Application Server, configure your antivirus software to prevent archive files from being scanned.
NOTE: |
· Ensure that subfolders of the listed directories are also excluded. · If you are using a 64-bit operating system, folder names must be specified accordingly. For example, the program files root directory in a 64-bit operating system is C:\Program Files (x86)\… and the application data root directory in a 64-bit operating system is C:\ProgramData\… |
Antivirus software should not scan files in the following ArchestrA folders:
· C:\Program Files\ArchestrA\*.*
· C:\Program Files\Common files\ArchestrA\*.*
· C:\Program Files\FactorySuite\*.* (may not exist in newer installations)
· C:\Program Files\Wonderware\*.*
· C:\InSQL\Data\*.*
· C:\Historian\Data\*.*
· C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ArchestrA*.*
· History Store Forward directory default location:
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ArchestrA\
- C:\Users\All Users\ArchestrA\
· Checkpoint directory location default location:
- C:\Program Files\ArchestrA\Framework\bin
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ArchestrA\Framework\bin
· InTouch Application folder path:
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ArchestrA\
· SMC Logger Storage file path:
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ArchestrA\LogFiles\
· SQL Server database files of type:
- .mdf
- .ldf
Source: Wonderware Application Server 3.5 readme file at https://wdnresource.wonderware.com/support/patchfixes/1/ReadMe_WAS35P01.html#Antivirus Software Exclusions