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Avnumberofthreads: Stsadm property (Windows SharePoint Services)

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  • 07/25/2014

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2007-09-06

Description

Specifies the number of threads to use for antivirus processes. If the server response time is slow while scanning, you may want to decrease the number of threads allowed for virus scanning.

This property is equivalent to the Antivirus Threads user interface setting that is located on the Antivirus page of the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.

Syntax

stsadm -o setproperty

-propertyname avnumberofthreads

-propertyvalue <valid numerical value>

**\[-url\]** \<URL\>

The syntax for the getproperty operation is:

stsadm -o getproperty

propertyname avnumberofthreads

**\[-url\]** \<URL\>

Note

You can substitute -pn for -propertyname and -pv for -propertyvalue.

Values

The following table shows possible values.

Name Value

propertyname

Gets or sets the name of the property.

propertyvalue

A valid numerical value that specifies the number of execution threads to use on the server. The default value is 5.

url

Typically, a path to the URL of the Web application, in the form http://server_name.

Examples

To set the number of threads on the server to 10, use the following syntax:

stsadm -o setproperty -pn avnumberofthreads -pv 10

To view the current setting of the avnumberofthreads property, use the following syntax:

stsadm -o getproperty -pn avnumberofthreads