Summary
Engine Siemens Desigo CC Plug-in provides protection and proactively
monitors Siemens Desigo CC environment’s configuration data,
services, and application data files.
What's new
- Support for Siemens Desigo CC 7.0 server
- Siemens Desigo CC 7.0
- on Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2025 (where compatible)
- using one of the following Databases either local or remote (where compatible)
- SQL Server* 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 (where compatible)
Notes:
*SQL Server related services used by Siemens Desigo CC are protected by dedicated SQL Server plug-in
IIS Server related services used by Siemens Desigo CC are protected by dedicated IIS Server plug-in
Apache Tomcat related services used by Siemens Desigo CC are protected by dedicated Apache Tomcat plug-in
Discovery | Control |
Monitoring
- Service
Availability Control and Monitoring
- Application
Discovery and Monitoring
Service Availability Control and Monitoring
Engine
monitors services specified by the plug-ins to ensure application availability.
In the event that a specified service stops or fails, Engine can take up
to three pre-configured actions to remediate the issue. The user may
configure these reactions via the Engine Management Service User
Interface.
When the plug-in
is installed, it scans all services to see if they are in the automatic or the
started state. When the plug-in is installed, all protected services will be
set to manual (unless otherwise stated).
List of all Siemens Desigo services protected by this plug-in:
Service name | Display name |
all services starting with prefix GMS_WCCILPMON | GMS_WCCILPMON_<Project_name> |
Siemens BT Licensing Server | Siemens BT Licensing Server |
Siemens Building Connect Agent | Siemens Building Connect Agent |
Siemens GMS Closed Mode Service | Siemens GMS Closed Mode Service |
Siemens GMS HDB Service | Siemens GMS HDB Service |
SiemensGmsSmcProjectDataService | Siemens GMS SMC ProjectData Service |
Siemens MNS NDB Service | Siemens MNS NDB Service |
SiemensVideoAPIService | Siemens Video API Service |
SIMATIC PnDiscovery Service | SIMATIC PnDiscovery Service |
S7TraceServiceX | SIMATIC Trace Service |
SQL database instance protection
Microsoft
SQL Server databases are protected by separate/dedicated plugin solution:
–SQL Server Plugin.
IIS Server protection
- Microsoft IIS Server is protected by separate/dedicated plugin solution: – IIS Server Plugin.
Apache Tomcat Server protection
- Apache Tomcat Server is protected by separate/dedicated plugin solution: – Apache Tomcat Plugin.
Application Discovery and Monitoring
Siemens Desigo CC Plug-in automatically discovers the application's installed
database instances, configuration files, registries and data storage paths,
assuring protection and real-time replication for both application’s discovered
data and detected services. The application protected items changes are
dynamically discovered and applied through a set of dedicated tasks executed
periodically. Tasks - The following 'Tasks' are
installed by the plugin:
- Periodic
- Protected
Services Discovery
- File Filter
Discovery
- Registry
Filter Discovery
To
configure/modify Periodic 'Tasks', follow the steps below:
- Select the
desired 'Task'.
- Click on
the Edit button at the top of the 'Tasks' pane.
- Configure/modify
the 'Interval' field.
Note:
'Interval' is the only field available
for configuration/modification and is measured in seconds.
4. Click OK to
save the changes.
Note:
This dialog is also used to
Enable/Disable the selected 'Task'.
Install/Uninstall the
Plug-in
Recommended/Automated - Install Plug-in Via Engine Management Service (EMS)
Procedure:
Install the
latest GA version of Engine Management Service. (available with
following Engine release)
Manual - Install Plug-in Via the Neverfail
Advanced Management Client
Siemens Desigo CC Plug-in can
be installed either via the Engine deployment process or by using
Application -> Plugins in the Neverfail Advanced Management Client using the
procedure below. Neverfail recommends that for initial deployments of Siemens Desigo CC Plug-in, installation should be performed using Engine
Management Service. Procedure:
- Unzip the Siemens Desigo CC Plug-in Plug-in (*.dll) to the desired location.
- Launch the
Neverfail Advanced Management Client.
- Navigate
to Application -> Plugins.
- Click on
the Install.
- Click
the Browse button and navigate to the location of the
<plug-in name>NFPlugin.dll.
- Click OK to
complete the installation.
- Repeat this
process for each individual plug-in.
- Launch the Advanced Management Client.
- Navigate
to Application -> Plugins.
- Select the
desired plug-in to be removed/uninstalled.
- Click on
the Uninstall button in the 'Plugins' pane.
- When the
plug-in is uninstalled, the files are not removed. This is by design for
future functionality and therefore the following workaround is provided:
- Copy the
contents of the r2\plugins\<sponsor>\<version> folder to a
different location (e.g. C:\temp).
- Delete the
contents of the r2\plugins\<sponsor>\<version>
- To reinstall the plug-in, when prompted for the location of the plug-in files, navigate to the new folder location (e.g. C:\temp).
Note: As an alternative, reinstallation can be
accomplished by using the downloaded files from the original download location
after removing the plug-in.
Applies To