License operations

Below the license-side of the License Manager (Figure 37), these two buttons (commands) are displayed in addition to View and Delete:

Import — Always available, this provides various options for installing a license file from local files, from the licensing server, or from your “local license database.”
Export — Available if you have a license selected, to save locally as a “license archive file.”

Import

If you choose Import from the License Manager, the Import License dialog asks you to select where the source license is, as shown in Figure 37.

Figure 37. Import dialog from License Manager

Select one of the following options (depending on scenarios, some may be unavailable, as noted):

See License Import results for details on results after making a selection below.

Import one or more licenses from files

Always an available option, this provides a Select File dialog in which you can navigate to either a source license archive (.lar) file or an unzipped license file. When you select a license or license archive file, an attempt is made to install the license in the host platform.
Import licenses from the local license database

This option will be unavailable (dim) if this host’s license file is not in your local license database, or if the license in your local license database already matches the currently installed license. With this option selected, the license is immediately installed in the remote host platform. See local license database for related details.
Import licenses from the licensing server

Typically, this option is available if your Workbench PC has Internet connectivity. When you select this option, Workbench silently searches the licensing server and installs the license.

Export

With a license selected in the License Manager, the Export button provides a Save License As... dialog to save that license file locally on your Workbench PC, as a license archive (.lar) file. See Figure 38. For related details, see license archive (.lar) files.

Figure 38. Save License As dialog

You can use the License Manager’s Import command to install any exported license archive, or the equivalent Import File command in the Workbench License Manager view of Workbench.

By default, a license archive file is saved in the root of your Niagara release directory. If needed, you can use the dialog’s navigation controls to specify another target folder or drive. Before saving, you can also rename the license archive file, to make it more identifiable. For example, instead of: licenses.lar, you could rename it MyJaceNxs.lar.

After exporting a license, a notification dialog appears in Workbench, as shown in Figure 39.

Figure 39. Exported license archive notification dialog

License Import results

Depending on the Import option chosen in the License Manager (Figure 37) and the success of the import attempt, after you click OK, one of several dialogs may appear to signal completion, as follows:

Licensing Complete

The license was successfully added, as shown in Figure 40.

Figure 40. Licensing Complete dialog

If a station is running on the host platform, this dialog informs you that the host must be rebooted (if a QNX-based platform) or station restarted (if Win32-based platform) to become effective, and provides a Yes button to do this now. Or, you can select No and do this manually later.
Licenses and Certificates Already Current

The license currently installed on the host already matches the source license (whether specifying any of the license import options). A dialog appears as shown in Figure 41.

Figure 41. License and Certificates Already Current
File Not Installed

No appropriate license (by host ID) was found in either the license file or the license archive specified when importing by file, noted with a dialog similar to Figure 42.

Figure 42. File Not Installed
(License Request Form, in browser)

If importing from the license server, and an existing license was not found for this host platform, a separate window (of your default browser) opens with a license request form, showing the host ID for this host. See Figure 43.