LTT SCADA - System Maintenance
This course covers three training modules. On completion, Delegates will understand and know how to complete backups on the LTT SCADA Control System, follow disaster recovery procedures and process relating to LTT SCADA and understand how to gracefully shut-down and re-start the LTT SCADA Control Systems.
Description
Key Topic Areas
Module 1 - Disaster Recovery Procedures:
The module will cover:
- Health and Safety (relevant for the working environment covered within this course);
- Historian Backup/Veeam Scheduled Backup;
- Backup Job 1: Monthly Full Backups for 12 months;
- Backup Job 2: Daily Incremental Backups for 30 days;
- Network Attached Storage (NAS);
- VMWare Backup and Replication functions;
- Backup HMI Server;
- Local Worksite Recovery;
- Data Recovery Capability (T010);
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Recovery;
- Device or Link Recovery.
Module 2 - System Start Up and Shutdown:
The module will cover:
- Health and Safety (relevant for the working environment covered within this course);
- LTT SCADA Graceful Shutdown:
- UPS Signal Received;
- Servers;
- Virtual Machines;
- Sequenced Start-Up:
- Servers;
- Virtual Machines.
Module 3 - Data Management and Archiving:
The module will cover:
- Health and Safety (relevant for the working environment covered within this course);
- System Overview:
- Data Server (Coms Servers);
- Factory Talk Historian Data Servers;
- Data Flows;
- Data Exchange Protocols;
- Data Transfer:
- From Local Worksite PLC;
- From Local Telemetry Panel (MicroLogix) PLC;
- From LTT SCADA;
- Interface PLC (Beckton);
- Historian Data Archiving:
- Archive Size Calculation;
- Sizing Tool;
- Backups.
Outcomes
Module 1 - Disaster Recovery Procedures:
This module will provide Delegates with the understanding and practical skills needed to back-up the LTT SCADA Control System under disaster recovery processes.
On completion of the training, delegates will be expected to:
- Understand the Historian backup and recovery functions;
- Be able to access NAS backup data;
- Understand VMware backups;
- Be able to restore VMware backups;
- Be able to restore Local Worksites;
- Understand the data recovery capability (T010);
- Understand the MPLS recovery processes;
- Understand Device or Link recovery procedures.
Module 2 - System Start Up and Shutdown:
The module will provide Delegates with the skills needed to shut down and re-start the LTT SCADA Control System in a controlled way. On completion of the training, Delegates will be expected to:
- Understand the LTT SCADA Shutdown procedures;
- Understand LTT SCADA Start-up procedures;
- Be able to investigate any shutdown issues;
- Be able to investigate any start up issues.
Module 3 - Data Management and Archiving:
The module will provide Delegates with the knowledge of how the data servers are configured and how to perform backups.
On completion of the training, Delegates will be expected to:
- Understand the data servers;
- Understand data transfer;
- Be able to set archiving sizing and backups.
Competency/Skills Requirements
Before attending the training, Delegates are expected to complete:
Before attending the training, Delegates are also expected to have:
- Knowledge of managing and maintaining core backup and disaster recovery tools;
- Knowledge of developing and maintaining processes and procedures;
- Knowledge of installing, configuring, and troubleshooting backup solutions;
- A background in Computer Science and Management of Information Control Systems.