Upgrading

Use this section to upgrade an existing installation of Power Operation to Power Operation 2024 R1 (Citect SCADA File v8.3).

It is recommended to upgrade using the latest version. Before installing, check that you have the most recent software ISO file. There may be additions or updates to the files.

For instructions related to previous versions of Power Operation, use the documentation for that version.

See Version info to identify the version of Power Operation installed.

How to get upgrade files

  • Go to www.se.com and download the most recent software ISO file. To find the most recent Power Operation ISO file, search for Power Operation and refine your search results by selecting the Software/Firmware checkbox.

  • If you use Power Monitoring Expert for Advanced Reporting and Dashboards, download the ETL Administration tool. See Installing the ETL Administration Tool for more information.

Upgrade information

For version Power Operation v7.20 and later, cross version compatibility is not available for alarms.

Prerequisites

  • Verify source and destination paths while backing up projects. Path names may be different from those used in previous versions.
  • Backup existing projects to later restore them in the upgraded version.

    • notice

    LOSS of data

    Backup your project and other relevant historical data files from all servers in the system.

    Failure to follow these instructions can result in a loss of data.

  • Confirm hardware, operating system, and software on each computer meet requirements for production servers and clients. See Installing for information.
  • Add additional computer resources when using Advanced Reports and Dashboards modules to Power Operation servers.
  • Uninstall Postgres.
  • Upgrade license keys for the project.
  • Identify server and client license key serial numbers. Generate upgrade authorization codes using the online license generator and save the codes and the serial numbers to a text file. This ensures the production site can upgrade and operate Power Operation. It also ensures all the keys are registered to the correct site.
  • Identify the version of Power Operation in use at the production site. See Version information for details.
  • Choose the upgrade options you want:
    • Integration of Diagnostics feature.
    • Integration of Advanced Reports and Dashboards.
    • Modify persistent memory devices currently using the DISKXML driver, by updating them to use the IEC61850N driver. As shown below, set the following properties:
      • Protocol: IEC61850N.
      • Startup Mode: Primary or StandbyWrite if configuring a redundant instance of the device.
      • Memory: TRUE.
      • Priority: 1 or 2 if configuring a redundant instance of the device.
      • Persist (extended field enabled by pressing F2): TRUE.
      • Persist Period (extended field enabled by pressing F2): Default is 10 minutes (00:10:00) or set to a different value based on how frequently this memory device's data is cached to disk.

Upgrade steps

  1. Choose an Upgrade method: Offline or Online.
  2. Determine the Upgrade path. It is recommended that you confirm that the upgrade path is different from the previously installed version. By not doing so, you may encounter an error. See the Troubleshooting section below for more details.
  3. Perform an Offline upgrade in test environment to upgrade and migrate the existing project to Power Operation v2024. Upgrade in a test environment before going to the production site or upgrading.
  4. Complete the upgrade in a Production environment.

Refer to Upgrade references for detailed information on the steps you may need to perform before and after the upgrade process. Review the information up to and including the version to which you are upgrading.

Go to the AVEVA Knowledge & Support Center website for information on Plant SCADA Cicode functions and Citect INI changes with each release.

Troubleshooting

When upgrading from Power Operation 2021 and later, if installing into the same data folder as the previous version was uninstalled from, you may encounter the following error:

"Trial license activation cannot be performed as license is already activated in this system."

You can resolve this issue by navigating to and deleting the License directory from the Program Data folder, typically located at: ...\ProgramData\Schneider Electric\Power Operation\v [version #]\License Manager\License