Portal for ArcGIS license not updated with ForceLicenseUpdate to true

[Biboba]

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Module Version

• 3.3.1

Affected Resource(s)

• ArcGIS_Server
• ArcGIS_Portal

Configuration Files

ArcGIS_Enterprise_HA.txt

Expected Behavior

When specifying property "ForceLicenseUpdate": true", Portal for ArcGIS licence should be updated.

Actual Behavior

Portal for ArcGIS license is not updated. I also noticed that ArcGIS Server license get updated without specifying the property "ForceLicenseUpdate".

Did I miss anything ?

Steps to Reproduce

Run 'Invoke-ArcGISConfiguration' with the following command:

Invoke-ArcGISConfiguration -ConfigurationParametersFile \\pathto\ArcGIS_Enterprise_HA.json -Credential (Get-Credential) -Mode InstallLicense 

Thanks !

[Biboba]

Also, I would expect that datastore license to be updated as well but looking at the code, I am under the impression that it is not the case. https://enterprise.arcgis.com/fr/data-store/latest/install/windows/data-store-utility-reference.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_3B306C70FBC94A3E95EFCB3448C2B925

Thanks !

[cameronkroeker]

Hi @Biboba,

Great catch! Apologies for the confusion, as the documentation is misleading indeed. The ConfigData.ForceLicesnseUpdate is meant to update components with .prvc|.ecp|.prvs license files. So this would be ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro licenses.

We will look to see if we can add support for updating portal licenses and data store in a future release.

Thanks, Cameron K.

[Biboba]

Hi @cameronkroeker,

Thanks for the quick clarification about "Portal for ArcGIS" and "datastore" !

Do you also confirm that "ArcGIS Server" license get updated even without specifying the property "ForceLicenseUpdate" which to me is misleading as well ?

[Biboba]

Hi @cameronkroeker, FYI, seems like the issue of ArcGIS Server license getting updated has been fixed at 4.0.1 https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-powershell-dsc/commit/2c7254dfca9d4948516bab100a258b5b1a928a0e#diff-92dab238151dfb5c3082403ab194ac1abdaafebfb03a3679a49d462106db7e76R188

[cameronkroeker]

Hi @cameronkroeker,

Thanks for the quick clarification about "Portal for ArcGIS" and "datastore" !

Do you also confirm that "ArcGIS Server" license get updated even without specifying the property "ForceLicenseUpdate" which to me is misleading as well ?

Hi @Biboba,

We made some improvements with the authorization of ArcGIS Server in v4.1.0. Some additional soft checks have been added to help with idempotency. So if ArcGIS Server is already authorized the expected behavior is for it to be skipped unless ForceLicenseUpdate is set to true.

Thanks, Cameron K.

[Biboba]

Hi @cameronkroeker,

Thanks for your reply. Happy to read the authorization of ArcGIS Server has been improved. Will test that. The original issue was about updating Portal for ArcGIS licence. I believe the authorization of datastore has been removed (I no longer find the command in the CLI and in the documentation), you now have improved ArcGIS Server authorization process and clarified the wiki but the enhancement remains I believe: being able to updade Portal for ArcGIS. Shall we keep it open for an enhancement ?

Thanks !

[cameronkroeker]

Hi @Biboba,

My apologies I will reopen it as I had lost track of what the original issue was. Thanks for clarifying/reminding me!

Thanks, Cameron K.