Much of this document applies to systems running NiagaraAX update releases of AX-3.7, AX-3.6, and AX-3.5 (AX-3.7u1, AX-3.6u4, AX-3.5u4), but not to AX-3.8 systems. In particular, the following sections describe possible station archiving modifications that are typically unnecessary in AX-3.8:

For background details, see Station archive portablility improvements in AX-3.8.

In addition to AX-3.8 improvements in station credentials storage and archiving, security was also improved for platform credentials. However, note these improvements may affect behavior when you restore station backups. See Platform credentials improvements.

Finally, note that browser access of any AX-3.8 station using “Web Workbench” (WbApplet in Java), now requires the browser client PC to have Java “Unlimited Strength Policy Files” installed, otherwise the WbApplet does not launch—an error popup appears instead. These unlimited strength policy files are not included in a Java Standard Edition (SE) install, or Java SE update, but are available for download from Oracle. For complete details, see Additional AX-3.8 client-side Java installation steps.