Ensuring Availability
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3.1
Introduction
Overview
This section presents measures for ensuring availability of a PCS 7 system.
You can find information on fault-tolerant systems in the
Process Control System PCS 7; Fault-
Tolerant Process Control Systems manual.
The information in this section enables you to perform the following tasks:
● Maintain the specified condition of a system.
Examples: Adherence to maintenance intervals, replacement of batteries
● Optimize the system and prevent faults
Examples: perform firmware updates, eliminate known sources of errors
● Minimize downtime caused by faults
Examples: provide backups
Note to reader
This section is split up into several topical fields. The following information is provided for each
topic area:
What?
What is described?
When?
When can you perform this action?
How ?
You can find Information on the topic in the section entitled "...".
Service support and diagnostics (V8.0)
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