Applicable Systems
WinCC
Symptoms
The SCADA system reports a Historian service stop. The process historian service has stopped.
Possible Causes
- Historian service crashed from an error
- Historian database connection lost
- Historian service resource exhaustion
Troubleshooting Steps
- Step 1: Check the Historian service status
Service is identified as stopped - Step 2: Review the service error log for the stop cause
Cause is identified - Step 3: Restart the Historian service
Service runs and archives data correctly
How to Reset
To reset: Restart the Historian service, then verify data archiving resumes.
Source: Siemens WinCC SCADA Manual, Siemens AG
Category: SCADA