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Data Manager enables running file system backups in parallel to reduce the time taken for backups. This setting defines the maximum concurrent network sessions from the client to DD series appliance at any given time. The number of streams to use for the backup can be specified in the configuration file .ddfssv.fsagentconfig or through the self-service CLI. However, it is best to set the parallelism value in the configuration file because the parallelism value provided in the configuration file takes precedence over the parallelism value that is provided in the CLI.
Note: Backup parallelism is only available on supported Windows systems. Because the parallelism setting is defined at the host level, the parallelism setting must be set on every Windows host where parallel file system backups are enabled. This value must be an integer. The default value is 8.
See the PowerProtect Data Manager File System Agent User Guide for details on how to specify the number of streams to use for the backup in the
.ddfssv.fsagentconfig
file in the
C:\Program Files\DPSAPPS\fsagent\
settings directory on the file system host or by using the command-line option.