Limit jobs per policy on the Attributes tab (for VMware)
The option operates as follows, depending on how the policy selects virtual machines.
The option controls the number of parent (discovery) jobs that run simultaneously for the policy. This option does not limit the number of snapshot jobs and backup (bpbkar) jobs that the parent job launches. For example, if this option is set to 1 and you begin a backup of a policy that discovers 100 virtual machines: all the snapshot jobs and backup jobs for each of the 100 virtual machines are allowed to run simultaneously. Only the initial discovery job counts against Limit jobs per policy. If you begin a second backup of the policy, its discovery job cannot start until all the child jobs from the first backup are complete.
Limit jobs per policy controls the number of virtual machines that the policy can back up simultaneously. Because no discovery job is needed, each virtual machine backup begins with a snapshot job. Each snapshot counts against the Limit jobs per policy setting. If this option is set to 1: the backup of the next virtual machine that is specified in the policy cannot begin until the first snapshot job and its backup are complete.