diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
index ba0018ea704..7be125c7734 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
 
 package com.cloud.async;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
 import com.cloud.user.dao.AccountDao;
 import com.cloud.utils.DateUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.NumbersUtil;
+import com.cloud.utils.PropertiesUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.ComponentLocator;
 import com.cloud.utils.concurrency.NamedThreadFactory;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.DB;
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager, ClusterManagerListe
 
     private final ScheduledExecutorService _heartbeatScheduler =
         Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1, new NamedThreadFactory("AsyncJobMgr-Heartbeat"));
-    private final ExecutorService _executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new NamedThreadFactory("Job-Executor"));
+    private ExecutorService _executor;
 
     @Override
 	public AsyncJobExecutorContext getExecutorContext() {
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager, ClusterManagerListe
         if (executeInContext) {
             runnable.run();
         } else {
-            _executor.submit(runnable);
+    		_executor.submit(runnable);
         }
     }
 
@@ -511,7 +516,14 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager, ClusterManagerListe
             
             job.setCompleteMsid(getMsid());
             _jobDao.update(job.getId(), job);
-            scheduleExecution(job);
+            
+            try {
+            	scheduleExecution(job);
+			} catch(RejectedExecutionException e) {
+				s_logger.warn("Execution for job-" + job.getId() + " is rejected, return it to the queue for next turn");
+				_queueMgr.returnItem(item.getId());
+			}
+            
         } else {
             if(s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 s_logger.debug("Unable to find related job for queue item: " + item.toString());
@@ -559,14 +571,14 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager, ClusterManagerListe
 		return new Runnable() {
 			@Override
             public void run() {
-				try {
+				try {
 					List<SyncQueueItemVO> l = _queueMgr.dequeueFromAny(getMsid(), MAX_ONETIME_SCHEDULE_SIZE);
 					if(l != null && l.size() > 0) {
 						for(SyncQueueItemVO item: l) {
 							if(s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                                 s_logger.debug("Execute sync-queue item: " + item.toString());
-                            }
-							executeQueueItem(item, false);
+                            }
+							executeQueueItem(item, false);
 						}
 					}
 				} catch(Throwable e) {
@@ -709,8 +721,24 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager, ClusterManagerListe
 		_accountMgr = locator.getManager(AccountManager.class);
 
 		_dispatcher = ApiDispatcher.getInstance();
-
-    	return true;
+		
+
+		try {
+	        final File dbPropsFile = PropertiesUtil.findConfigFile("db.properties");
+	        final Properties dbProps = new Properties();
+	        dbProps.load(new FileInputStream(dbPropsFile));
+	        
+            final int cloudMaxActive = Integer.parseInt(dbProps.getProperty("db.cloud.maxActive"));
+            
+            int poolSize = (cloudMaxActive * 2) / 3;
+            
+            s_logger.info("Start AsyncJobManager thread pool in size " + poolSize);
+            _executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize, new NamedThreadFactory("Job-Executor"));
+		} catch (final Exception e) {
+			throw new ConfigurationException("Unable to load db.properties to configure AsyncJobManagerImpl");
+		}
+		
+		return true;
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManager.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManager.java
index 7811c64515b..9edd1f697cb 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManager.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManager.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public interface SyncQueueManager extends Manager {
     public SyncQueueItemVO dequeueFromOne(long queueId, Long msid);
     public List<SyncQueueItemVO> dequeueFromAny(Long msid, int maxItems);
     public void purgeItem(long queueItemId);
+    public void returnItem(long queueItemId);
     
 	public List<SyncQueueItemVO> getActiveQueueItems(Long msid, boolean exclusive);
     public List<SyncQueueItemVO> getBlockedQueueItems(long thresholdMs, boolean exclusive);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManagerImpl.java
index d0bedcb6ed5..e2c5e8e8750 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/SyncQueueManagerImpl.java
@@ -195,6 +195,32 @@ public class SyncQueueManagerImpl implements SyncQueueManager {
     		s_logger.error("Unexpected exception: ", e);
     		txt.rollback();
     	}
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    @DB
+    public void returnItem(long queueItemId) {
+    	Transaction txt = Transaction.currentTxn();
+    	try {
+    		txt.start();
+    		
+			SyncQueueItemVO itemVO = _syncQueueItemDao.findById(queueItemId);
+			if(itemVO != null) {
+				SyncQueueVO queueVO = _syncQueueDao.lockRow(itemVO.getQueueId(), true);
+			
+				itemVO.setLastProcessMsid(null);
+				itemVO.setLastProcessNumber(null);
+				_syncQueueItemDao.update(queueItemId, itemVO);
+				
+				queueVO.setLastProcessTime(null);
+				queueVO.setLastUpdated(DateUtil.currentGMTTime());
+				_syncQueueDao.update(queueVO.getId(), queueVO);
+			}
+    		txt.commit();
+    	} catch(Exception e) {
+    		s_logger.error("Unexpected exception: ", e);
+    		txt.rollback();
+    	}
     }
     
     @Override