To convert a Supervisor upgraded to a later release to use the newer-style provisioning, a conversion utility is included in Workbench as a right-click command on the Supervisor’s ProvisioningService. You use this command while the Supervisor station is running.
Conversion applies only if the Supervisor was configured for provisioning when running AX-3.1 or AX-3.2. Otherwise, for “quick start” information see Add and configure necessary components.
Before converting a Supervisor station to the newer “ProvisioningNwExt-based” Niagara provisioning, please note the following:
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“Pending jobs” (if any) that are under the Pending Jobs folder under the ProvisioningService are not converted—you may wish to examine them first, in order to replicate them after the conversion. Typically, you would use a (new) “job prototype” component to replace a pending job.
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Conversion launches two jobs: first a “Station Save” job for the Supervisor, then the actual “Conversion” job in which: the BatchJobService is added/converted, the ProvisioningService is deleted, the new ProvisioningNwExt is added to the NiagaraNetwork, and finally provisioning-related device extensions under NiagaraStation components are “mixed-in/updated.” See the station’s Job Service Manager for details on these jobs after converting.
See the following for more information: