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Multiple D&B Update Manager (D&B) Processes

By default the dnbtask.cfg file uses D-U-N-S number ranges to set up three simultaneous tasks. The DNBUpMgrDNB portion of the file looks as follows:

[DNB]
Task1 = ,100000000
Task2 = 100000000,200000000
Task3 = 200000000,

These three ranges translate into the following three DNBUpMgrDNB tasks, each taking care of loading records within a particular D-U-N-S number range:

  • ,100000000 means D-U-N-S numbers < 100000000.

  • 100000000,200000000 means D-U-N-S numbers >=100000000 and < 200000000.

  • 200000000, means D-U-N-S numbers >=200000000.

Edit the file to change the number of parallel processes created or the range of D-U-N-S numbers updated.

Caution: If you use DNBUpMgrMultiTask to run multiple UpdateMgr processes, then you must make sure that processes running at the same time have mutually exclusive ranges. Unpredictable results occur if multiple processes collide.