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