Change how the BlackBerry Enterprise Server sends standard application settings to BlackBerry devices

BlackBerry Device Software configurations include standard application settings that you can use to control calendar, email, and contact list settings on BlackBerry devices. You can change how the BlackBerry Enterprise Server sends the settings to and updates the settings on BlackBerry devices. If you change the default distribution settings for the standard application settings, your organization's environment might experience a performance impact.
  1. In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the Devices menu, expand Deployment jobs.
  2. Click Specify BlackBerry Device Software application distribution settings.
  3. Click Edit distribution settings.
  4. Perform any of the following tasks:

    Task

    Steps

    Change the recurrence day for sending or updating standard application settings.
    1. Click the Edit icon for the default recurrence day.
    2. In the Scheduled deployment day(s) drop-down list, click the appropriate recurrence option. If necessary, click the recurrence days.
    3. In the Start time drop-down list, click the appropriate recurrence option. If necessary, change the start time and end time.
    4. Click the Update icon.

    By default, the recurrence day is Every day and the start time is All day.

    Add a recurrence day for sending or updating standard application settings.

    To add more than one recurrence day, the schedules for the separate recurrence days cannot overlap.

    1. In the Scheduled deployment day(s) drop-down list, click the appropriate recurrence option. If necessary, click the recurrence days.
    2. In the Start time drop-down list, click the appropriate recurrence option. If necessary, change the start time and end time.
    3. Click the Add icon.
  5. On the System throttling tab, in the Maximum number of simultaneous tasks per BlackBerry Administration Service instance field, type the maximum number of tasks that you want the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to process at the same time. The default value is 1000.
  6. On the Job throttling tab, to turn on throttling for all tasks for standard application settings in jobs, click Enabled to reduce load on system.
  7. If necessary, in the Default throttling for all BlackBerry Device Software application settings tasks in each job in a time window section, in the Maximum number of simultaneous tasks per BlackBerry Administration Service instance field, type the maximum number of tasks for standard application settings that you want the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to process at the same time. The default value is 25.
  8. If necessary, in the Total number of tasks per time window per BlackBerry Administration Service instance field, type the total number of tasks for standard application settings that you want the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to process during each processing interval. The default value is 150.
  9. Click Save all.
Last updated: 2012-09-17
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