OPC Mirror user accounts needed

There are specific accounts required when installing and configuring OPC Mirror to work with a DeltaV OPC server. These rules apply to each DeltaV OPC server to which you are connecting.

Installation creates a new local Windows group (DeltaVOpcMirrorUsers) and assigns the needed database permissions to that group. All OPC Mirror users (those that configure OPC Mirror) must be a member of that group.

If you are using a third-party OPC server, consult the vendor for information on how to connect to the server.

Note

Due to enhanced security measures on the OPC Mirror computer, hard drive write access is limited to administrators on that computer and the OPC Mirror service runs as a non-administrator account. This means that any third-party OPC servers that need to write to the hard drive must be configured to run as a specific user, not the OPC Mirror Service account, or any logged on user account (which might not be an administrator-level account).

Consult your third-party vendor to verify the types of accounts needed and modify the third-party service's run as user and possible the third-party server's DCOM settings.

	Where the account must exist
Account	on the DeltaV OPC server	as a DeltaV database account	in the DeltaV group (Windows) on the DeltaV system	on the OPC Mirror client	in the OPC Mirror Users group (Windows) on the OPC Mirror client ⁽¹⁾
DeltaVAdmin	Yes	No ⁽²⁾	Yes ⁽³⁾	Yes ⁽⁴⁾	No
an OPC Mirror user ⁽⁵⁾	Yes ⁽⁶⁾	Yes In domain systems, you must select <Unspecified> in the Computer/Domain drop down field in DeltaV User Manager.	Yes ⁽⁷⁾	Yes ⁽⁸⁾	Yes ⁽⁹⁾
an OPC Mirror administrator ⁽¹⁰⁾	No	No	No	Yes ⁽¹¹⁾	No
OPC Mirror service account ⁽¹²⁾	Yes ⁽¹³⁾	Yes In domain systems, you must select <Unspecified> in the Computer/Domain drop down field in DeltaV User Manager.	Yes ⁽¹⁴⁾	Yes ⁽¹⁵⁾	Yes ⁽¹⁶⁾

⁽¹⁾ This group is created at installation.

⁽²⁾ This account is not accessible using DeltaV User Manager.

⁽³⁾ In workgroup environments, the local account is added by the DeltaV install. In domain environments, you must manually add the local account to the local DeltaV group.

⁽⁴⁾ DeltaVAdmin is created by OPC Remote when OPC Mirror is installed on a non-DeltaV workstation.

⁽⁵⁾ An interactive account (or multiple accounts) used to configure OPC Mirror's pipes to/from the OPC server.

⁽⁶⁾ Must be added manually. Can be more than one user account.

⁽⁷⁾ Must be added manually. Can be more than one user account.

⁽⁸⁾ Created manually.

⁽⁹⁾ All OPC Mirror user accounts must be added to the group manually.

⁽¹⁰⁾ This is the account you use when installing OPC Mirror, configure the OPC Mirror service options, and start/stop the OPC Mirror service. This account is prevented from running the OPC Mirror configuration utility.

⁽¹¹⁾ An administrator account is required for OPC Mirror installation.

⁽¹²⁾ This account can also be used as an interactive OPC Mirror user.

⁽¹³⁾ Must be added manually.

⁽¹⁴⁾ Must be added manually. Can be more than one user account.

⁽¹⁵⁾ Created by the OPC Mirror installation.

⁽¹⁶⁾ The OPC Mirror service account is added to the group by the installation.

Note

When connecting from an OPC Mirror client in a workgroup to a DeltaV OPC server in a domain, the accounts on the DeltaV system must be both local and domain accounts.

Anytime the accounts exist on both the server and client sides, you must match the passwords for that account.

The DeltaV database user accounts must have the appropriate DeltaV keys/areas/nodes applied.