ci-server-engineer/knowledge/progress.md

Progress

Status of each manual and each practiced task. Update this file as work proceeds.

Manual status: not started · summarized · in practice · done Task status: not practiced · practiced, awaiting confirmation · passed · not completed (see notes) Sample column: whether the task has been re-tested on CI-Eng-Sample: n/a (needs no project data) · pending (tested on AID only) · added (sample content built) · passed

A task is done only when Status is passed and Sample is passed or n/a. Then AID is no longer needed to repeat it.

Test system

Practice notes refer to the repo author's development test system, not to anything shipped with this repo:

• CI Server R1.03.00, unlicensed, on the development machine.
• AID (e.g. AID.WRPS.SIM.INFLOW) is the author's own test project on that machine. It is not in this repo and other systems will not have it. Item names here are evidence of what was tested, not names to use elsewhere.
• Communication stations seen there (WRPS_PLC, MODSIM_STATION, STN_MQTT) belong to AID.

Tasks may be practiced first on AID, but everything they need is then added to the sample project CI-Eng-Sample (examples/CI-Eng-Sample/) and re-tested there, so that in the end AID is not needed.

Manuals, in working order

Phase	Manual	Title	Status
0	IM 36K01A50	Release Information	summarized (notes)
1	IM 36K10J10	System Design/Management	done except migration (phase 6) and debugging tools; skill system-management (notes)
2	IM 36K01C10	CI Server Setup	summarized (notes); skill installation-security (draft)
2	IM 36K01C30	Security Guide	summarized (notes); skill installation-security (draft)
3	IM 36K10G10	Tutorial	not started
4	IM 36K10R10	CI Portal Setup	not started
4	IM 36K10R20	Setup File Editor	not started
5	IM 36K10C10	Engineering Module - I/O Processes	not started
5	IM 36K10L40	EQUIPMENT Service - Utilities	not started
5	IM 36K10L41	EQUIPMENT Service - Configuration	not started
5	IM 36K10L35	ITEM Service - ITH	not started
5	IM 36K10L36	ITEM Service - ITM	not started
6	IM 36K10L10	Class/Object Engineering	not started
6	IM 36K10P10	Class Description Language - Traditional	not started
6	IM 36K10P11	Class Description Language - Java	not started
7	IM 36K10L55	Exchange Tool Engineering	not started
7	IM 36K10L30	BUS Service	not started
7	IM 36K10L45	Data Access Engineering	not started
7	IM 36K10E20	OPC Interface	not started
8	IM 36K10L15	Alarm Management Engineering	not started
8	IM 36K10C20	Engineering Module - Alarms	not started
8	IM 36K10E30	Alarm System Performance Analysis	not started
9	IM 36K10L20	History Management Engineering	not started
9	IM 36K10C40	Engineering Module - Historical	not started
10	IM 36K10R30	Graphic Display Setup	not started
10	IM 36K10C50	Edit Module	not started
10	IM 36K10C60	Advanced Operating Graphics	not started
11	IM 36K10L50	Data Set Service Engineering	not started
11	IM 36K10P30	Data Set Service Language	not started
11	IM 36K10P20	Report Generation Language	not started
11	IM 36K10R40	Report Server Setup	not started
11	IM 36K10C30	Engineering Module - Reporting	not started
11	IM 36K10E10	Excel Add-in	not started
12	IM 36K10L25	Audit Trail Management	not started
13	IM 36K10J20	High Availability Computing	not started (needs two servers)
13	IM 36K10J40	Active Directory Integration	not started (needs a domain)
—	IM 36K01A10 / A20 / A30	Read Me First, License, OSS terms	skipped (no engineering content)

Order change after reading IM 36K10J10: its migration procedure (§5.6) shows the dependency chain communication lines/stations/points → installations/units → items (template items first) → storage groups → classes → objects → reports. So acquisition and items (phase 5) now come before classes and objects (phase 6), and the other interfaces follow as phase 7.

Tasks

Manual	Task	Status	Sample	Notes
J10	System check: version, paths, running state, time sync (skill)	passed	n/a	Started CI Service elevated; live version R1.03.00; node UNLICENCED (expected).
J10	Time sync check (w32tm); DURUTL configuration (durutl.sup)	passed (check); configuration not practiced	n/a	w32tm check verified in system-check. durutl.sup has no active settings (single node, not a time master); configuring DURUTL needs a second node, so not practiced.
J10	Export a dataset with dssqld (task)	passed	n/a	Filtered export (@SELECT) passed (ISS-003, closed).
J10	Import and delete dataset records with dssqld (-i, -r) (task)	passed	passed	Built CI-Eng-Sample: 3 sections + 4 items imported, removed and re-imported with 0 errors. 2026-09-30 later: -m (update, used to set a storage group stop time) and loading/removing storage groups passed; see ISS-005.
J10	Read an item with itmval -g (task)	passed	passed	Read AID.WRPS.* items. -a 1..5 gave ITM-E-WRONG_ATT on an item without limits; works on items with limits (ISS-004, closed).
J10	Write an item with itmval -p (task)	passed	passed	Sample: TANK1.INFLOW 120.5 then 130 with -s 9, PUMP1.RUNNING 1 (status 5 BOOLEAN 1); no uoff flag. AID: AID.WRPS.SIM.INFLOW 419.76 → 400 → 419.76. After the first write the item's options gained the uoff flag (0x8a → 0x8e), which stays after restoring the value. See ISS-001.
J10	Read the message log (tls\log\umhlog.log)	passed	n/a
J10	Per-component version list (tls\lst\tls_versions.lst)	passed	n/a
J10	Load history from CSV with ithloahis; read history back with dssqld (task)	passed	passed	Sample storage group CIENG_EVENT (Event/Item). SCAN file (LEVEL 61–63, INFLOW 101–103) and EVENT file (LEVEL 47, 48) stored and read back via ITEM_HISTORY. New groups need a CI Server restart before they store; samples dated before the current storage unit were not stored (ISS-006).
J10	Consistency check (dsschk, ismchk) (task)	passed (check); repair and ismchk not practiced	n/a	dsschk -e -v (check only) reports each of 228 datasets, no problems. Plain dsschk prints nothing on a single node. ismchk needs a database file name; not run (ISS-002, closed).
J10	Monitoring processes (intmon, intcpumon, intdskmon, inttcpmon, intspawn) (task)	passed	passed	All five worked into CI-Eng-Sample.SYSTEM.* / PUMP1.MODE, started by hand with <exe> -n <name>; setup files restored afterwards. intdskmon reports used %; intspawn command path must be short (ISS-007).
J10	Backup of tls folders	not practiced	n/a	Plan only; the actual backup tool is site-specific.
J10	Migration between systems (§5.6)	not practiced	pending	Needs engineered data; revisit after phase 6.
J10	Tuning checks (read-only) (task)	passed	n/a	Read dur.sup (max processes 250), itm.sup (item pool 650,000 KB) and the automatic health snapshots tls\log\smd_*.log (common memory free, queue use per process, lock collisions). Debug launchers and interactive debuggers not practiced.
C10/C30	Setup check script tools/setup_check.ps1 (task)	practiced, awaiting confirmation	n/a	Read-only; 16 OK / 5 CHECK / 15 DIFF on the Win10 Pro test PC.
C10	Read ci_start.log and web ports (jwuiisg.sup)	practiced, awaiting confirmation	n/a	All services started; SSL error ISS-008.
C10	Start / stop CI Server	passed (phase 1)	n/a	Via the CI Service (elevated). Start-menu shortcuts not used.
C10	New install, reinstall, upgrade, uninstall, licence	not practiced	n/a	Would reinstall or change the test system; only the installed R1.03 is available. Skipped.
C10	Windows settings changes (power, virtual memory, Defender, updates, …)	not practiced	n/a	Changes the test PC's OS; needs the user's go-ahead. Skipped.
C10	Vnet/IP drivers / Vnet/IP Interface Package	not practiced	n/a	No Vnet/IP card; not supported on Windows 10 Pro.
C30	IT Security Tool, Domain Link Management, account utilities	not practiced	n/a	Not installed and not supported on Windows 10 Pro.