Backup and Recovery for Industrial Automation and Machinery
Embed predictable recovery into industrial automation machines so systems can be quickly restored to a known-good state across the installed base.
Machine Builders Need Predictable Recovery
Industrial machinery remains in operation long after commissioning. When an industrial PC or HMI fails in the field, slow rebuilds increase downtime and drive up service costs.
Recovery must be deterministic, repeatable, and defined at commissioning, even across machine variants, long lifecycles, and customer environments that limit change after deployment.
Standardise predictable recovery across machine variants and generations.
Support long machine lifecycles with a stable product reducing revalidation risks.
Operate reliably in offline, segmented, or customer‑controlled environments.
Why Industrial Automation OEMs Choose Macrium
Make Recovery Deterministic Across the Installed Base
Industrial automation systems are built in variants and need to be supported over long system lifecycles. When an industrial PC (IPC) or HMI fails, rebuilding from scratch is slow, inconsistent, and difficult to standardise.
Define a known‑good state at commissioning that represents the validated machine configuration.- Restore systems back to that same known‑good state when failures occur, making recovery predictable and reducing MTTR without specialist rebuilds.
Reduce Field Service Cost and Complexity
System failures are common in the field. Each manual rebuild increases service cost and extends downtime.
- Give engineering and service teams a simple, repeatable recovery process that brings machines back online quickly.
- Use bare‑metal recovery on replacement hardware when needed, avoiding custom rebuilds and specialist intervention.
Align Recovery With Stability‑First Operating Models
Industrial automation systems are designed to remain stable after commissioning. Any unplanned change in the field introduces risk and revalidation effort.
- Rely on a static, stability‑first recovery platform with no unexpected feature changes.
- Recover machines back to the same known‑good state, preserving validation and avoiding revalidation cycles.
Support Secure, Segmented Customer Environments
Many customer environments restrict connectivity, access, and change by design. In these settings, ad‑hoc recovery methods quickly break down.
- Use controlled, on‑premises recovery that works without cloud or internet access.
- Restore machines locally using defined procedures that align with customer security expectations.
Solutions for Industrial Automation and Machinery
Macrium Reflect LTSC
A stable, long‑term backup and recovery solution for standalone or embedded systems.
Stable solution with minimal change - fit for long-term field deployments- One‑time‑purchase (perpetual) licensing
- Comprehensive Windows compatibility from legacy to modern IOT, and mixed environments
- Designed for critical, often offline and air-gapped systems
SiteBackup
Centralized backup and recovery for multi-system DCS and industrial automation.
- Single, central interface for backup policies, visibility, and recovery readiness
- Fast local restores and image-based, bare-metal recovery
- Works across mixed hardware, legacy systems, and long-lifecycle environments
- Bandwidth throttling and scheduled backups for constrained networks
- Flexible licensing available, including perpetual options
OS Deployment
Build, manage, and deploy golden images during initial commissioning, or refurbishment.
- Consistent golden image provisioning
- Faster OS deployment during build and replacement
- Supports repeatable commissioning workflows
Macrium - Your Expert for Dependable Recovery of Critical Systems
Recovery that simply works
Engineered for the demands of critical systems
20 years of system imaging expertise
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