Currently, when adding Niagara provisioning job steps, the Update Licenses step (UpdateLicensesJobStep) is the only step option for the “Initial steps to run only once” (top) step list in either the Niagara Network Job Builder or Niagara Network Prototype View. When processed by the Supervisor, it gathers information on the licenses installed on the target station’s host(s), and then accesses the online licensing server (in one message) to see if the licenses are up-to-date.

If any updated (different) licenses are found, they are installed to the target station’s host(s)—and also updated in the Supervisor’s “local license database.”

If the Supervisor is not configured for Internet connectivity, then only its local license database is used to compare against licenses installed on the target station’s host(s). If any updated (different) licenses are found, they are installed on the target station’s host(s).

For related information, refer to the Platform Guide sections “About the licensing server” and “About the local license database”.