If you have a server OS, multi-user OS, or hosted VMs such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or VMware as the Bot Runner machine, you can convert your existing device to a multi-user
device.
Before you begin
Ensure that you are logged in to the Control Room as the administrator.
About this task
Converting a device enables you to share the same device between Bot Runner and Bot Creator users because they can
coexist in different sessions simultaneously. Also, multiple parallel executions of
a bot can be performed on the same machine.
If you encounter
Auto Login issues because multiple users are sharing the device
or because it is a remote device, convert your device to a multi-user device.
If you have a single-user device and want to use multi-user or terminal server
deployment, then set the device type as Multiple
users.
Procedure
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Navigate to .
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Hover over the actions menu (three vertical ellipses) located to the right of
the device name and click the Edit device icon.
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Under Deployment tab, change the Device
type to Multiple users.
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Enter a value for the Concurrent sessions supported
field.
The maximum number of allowed concurrent sessions depends on your device
license type and the hardware configuration. For example, consider that
concurrent sessions is set to 10 and each
bot requires 4 GB RAM
for execution. If your system RAM is lower than this value, the
bot execution might fail.
Also, if the maximum number of sessions allowed in
your device is 10 and the multi-user device is set as the default device for
3 Bot Creator users and 2 attended Bot Runner
users, then the value for the concurrent sessions supported will be 5.
Therefore, at a time, only 5 bots can be deployed
concurrently by the unattended Bot Runner users. So ensure
that your hardware and device license type support the number of sessions
you set.
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Click Save changes.