Wonderware Antivirus Software Exclusions

| Greg Dubiel

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