Workstation Audit - Detect Improper Shutdown on Windows 7

As a System Admin i hate it when my machines/system suffered improper shutdown be it due to sudden loss of power supply, improper SOP etc etc.

To recover from a crashed system / corrupted system can be very costly depending the degree of the damage. There are cases where our 3rd party plant operator did not perform proper backup - we ended up having to re-install / upgrade our software. Waste of time, resources and money !

Back to the topic, i just discovered a very cool method to detect improper shutdown in Windows 7. Heard that this method works since Windows Vista time. Unfortunately no for Windows XP.

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Honeywell Uniformance PHD + Uniformance Studio + Uniformance Companion for Excel Training

Participated in the said training at Honeywell Engineering office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The instructor was from Honeywell India. Took some useful screenshot for use in the future :)

Monitoring Uniformance PHD status via PHDManager "DOS" Environment

A routine monitoring status for Uniformance PHD.

This is the format of PHD's Archive File. It is a Flat File System based (proprietary).

Software showing error message if license is not activated.

Competitor to OSIsoft Datalink is the Honeywell Uniformance Companion...

This is equivalent to OSIsoft PI Processbook. It is called Uniformance Process Studio.

Routine OSIsoft PI Server Backup Monitoring

As PI administrator, it is important for you to keep an eye on the backup daemon. This is to ensure all PI Server settings and Archive Files are always replicated to remote storage. At GDC KLIA, we configure the backup to happen at midnight to 2 separate Network Storage.

Also, from remote i do monitor the server's internal HDD via Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). It is very helpful for remote admin like me.