| batch job | A station job that is managed (sent to the station’s job service) by the station’s BatchJobService. Provisioning functions using batch jobs. |
| job prototype | Refers to the NiagaraNetworkJobPrototype component found in the provisioningNiagara palette. This persisted component defines a provisioning job by containing one or more processing steps to be performed on a given list of host stations. To set up the regular performance of a task, such as backing up multiple stations, you drag this container to the wire sheet and connect the out slot (Trigger slot) of a standard TriggerSchedule to the component’s Submit Job action. |
| job | The mechanism used to manage a task that a station performs. Jobs run asynchronously in the background while providing user visibility regarding what is going on in the station. See also, provisioning job. |
| platform snapshot | A list of installed software on a remote host that is running a station. When you access the Software extension under a NiagaraStation component, the system builds or updates this list. Provisioning uses this list when performing queries and installing software. |
| provisioning | Automating the tasks required to maintain host controllers in a station’s NiagaraNetwork. For the most part, these are platform tasks—that is, they would otherwise done using
Using a provisioning robot you can run custom program code in the station running on each host. The stations’ ProgramServices run the custom code. The Supervisor station performs all these tasks, modeled in the Supervisor station as provisioning jobs. Outside of provisioning, you must perform similar tasks manually using full
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| provisioning job | A sequence of steps to perform on one or more host stations. The steps provide a way to perform the same task on multiple stations, such as update licenses, back up, install software, copy files, etc. |
| software registry | The catalog of available software files, such as modules (.jars) or distribution files (.dists), that are located under the
Supervisor’s !sw directory and can be installed in a remote host.
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