The monitoring-related actions are performed by tasks. On a single DeviceLock Enterprise Server, you can have as many tasks as you wish. The maximum number of tasks on one server is only limited by available memory, CPU and network’s bandwidth capacity. Please keep in mind that the server should have enough resources to communicate with at least 10 remote computers simultaneously.

By default, DeviceLock Enterprise Server can execute up to 30 tasks simultaneously. This means that if you have, for example, 40 tasks and all of them run at the same time, the first 30 tasks will run first and each of the remaining 10 tasks will run as soon as others complete.

However, you can change the number of tasks that can be run simultaneously by modifying the registry. To define the new number, add the following registry value on the computer running DeviceLock Enterprise Server:

In this value, <number_of_threads> must be an integer from 1 to 1000.

During their execution, tasks write status information to the monitoring log (see Monitoring Log Viewer) including data about monitored computers and DeviceLock Services. They’ll also write possible errors which occurred during the scanning of computers and connecting to DeviceLock Services.

Also, tasks display the status of monitored computers and other useful information at the management console. This allows you to keep an eye on monitored computers in real-time.