Change the maximum number of pending acquisition tasks using the CLI

The Endpoint Security (HX) appliance limits the number of acquisition tasks available to service acquisition requests. If more requests are made than the configured maximum, they are put on hold (pending). When an acquisition task completes, Endpoint Security (HX) creates new tasks (up to the configured maximum) until all the requests on hold are serviced. You can configure the maximum number of pending tasks for the appliance using the hx server triage task-limit CLI command.

Pending tasks will be automatically deleted if they exceed the aging limit set for pending acquisitions. To control this setting, see Specifying the pending acquisition aging period using the CLI .

The Endpoint Security (HX) appliance automatically deletes acquisitions if an Administrator, Analyst, or Investigator uses the Endpoint Security (HX) Web UI to manually delete the associated agent.

Prerequisites

Admin access

To change the maximum number of pending acquisition tasks using the CLI:

Enable CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Change the maximum number of pending acquisition tasks:
```
hostname (config) # hx server triage task-limit number
```
The default maximum number of pending acquisition tasks is 100. The range for this setting is 0-65535. Setting the maximum to 0 disables the limit.
To restore the default maximum number of pending acquisition tasks:
```
hostname (config) # no hx server triage task-limit
```
Save your settings.
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hostname (config) # write mem
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