Before running provisioning jobs, ensure that all NiagaraStations are properly configured for platform connections. See To configure the NiagaraStation Platform Connection extensions.
By double-clicking the ProvisioningNwExt for its Niagara Network Job Builder (default view) you can run various sequences of provisioning steps against one or more stations in the NiagaraNetwork of the Supervisor. Typically, you use this method for provisioning jobs that you run infrequently, including “special jobs” such as updating license files in selected (or all) remote JACEs in the network, or updating one or more software modules in them.
For regular scheduled backups of networked JACEs, especially for large enterprise Supervisors, it is recommended that you
copy “job prototype” components in the station and configure them accordingly. This provides “job retention” advantages not
available if working from the Niagara Network Job Builder. See the next section Add custom persisted Niagara provisioning jobs for more details and an example.
For example, you may wish to run the following job for all stations, after you have a new NiagaraAX build installed on your Supervisor:
Synchronizing Supervisor license database and updating JACE licenses
This procedure assumes you have purchased JACE license upgrades, and they are available on the online licensing server.
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Expand the ProvisioningNwExt in the Nav tree to see its
Licenses node.
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Right-click Licenses and select ->.
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In the Supervisor License Manager, click .
Click to “Sync All Licenses”, and click at Synchronization Complete.
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Double-click the ProvisioningNwExt for its Niagara Network Job Builder view.
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In the top “Initial steps to run only once” pane, click the Add button,
In the New Job Step popup dialog, click the Update Licenses step and click .
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In the lower “Stations to include in the job” pane, click the Add button,
In the Add Device popup dialog, click to select JACE stations and click .
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Review and click the button at the bottom of the Niagara Network Job Builder view to initiate this provisioning job.
The view changes to the Niagara Network Job View, where steps and results appear as they are executed. For more details see the following related sections: