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How to Limit Parallel Disk Processing in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
| KB ID: | 3157 |
| Product: | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | 6.3.3 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2020-04-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2024-12-20 |
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The following registry values can used to control parallel disk processing on the machine where Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is installed:
To disable parallel disk processing:
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup
Value Name: EnableParallelDiskProcessing
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: 0
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup' -Name 'EnableParallelDiskProcessing' -Value "0" -PropertyType DWORD -ForceTo change the parallel disk processing limit:
Key Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup
Value Name: ParallelProcessingMaxConcurrentDisks
Value Type: DWORD (32-Bit) Value
Value Data: X
Where "X" is the maximum number of disks to be processed concurrently. For example, to allow only simultaneous processing of 2 disks, change the value to 2.
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Endpoint Backup' -Name 'ParallelProcessingMaxConcurrentDisks' -Value "X" -PropertyType DWORD -ForceMore Information
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