You can use concurrent host limits to set a maximum number of script-driven tasks, such as xAgent upgrades, enterprise searches, acquisitions, and triages that can run concurrently for a host set. The default number of concurrent tasks is limited to 500. However, you can use the Web UI or the API to change this number.
Caution
Concurrent Host Limits do not affect tasks that are not script-driven, such as downloads for antivirus, intelligence, and configuration.
As a best practice, you should enable concurrent host limits within a custom policy that you create for your host endpoints. You can also use a custom policy to disable the concurrent host limit for selected host sets in your environment.
Important
You should only enable concurrent host limits for a small set of hosts in a constrained shared resource environment and that you configure the concurrent host limit feature globally for no fewer than 25% of your hosts.
This section covers the following topics:
Note
The host sets to which these limits apply can only be identified using the Web UI.
Admin access when using the Web UI
The installed xAgent version must be version 20 or later. If an xAgent for an earlier release is included in a host set that is controlled by a policy, the policy is ignored for that xAgent.