Timeout Options

Timeout options control how long a task continues to retry low-level communications for file transfers before giving up.

One control is the amount of time each single RPC call waits before giving up. This timeout is set by the rpc_timeout option. Legal values are 0 through 9. The default value is 5, which corresponds to about 30 seconds for the UDP protocol. Each value doubles the time of the preceding value (i.e., a value of 4 is about 15 seconds).

Another control is the number of times a target agent attempts to reconnect to the source agent after an rpc_timeout has detected a lost connection source during an installation of a fileset. The number of retry attempts is controlled by the retry_rpc option. The range of values is 0 through 9. A 0 value means no retry is attempted; if the connection is lost, the command will fail. The default value is 1. For less stable networks, a value of 5 is recommended.

	NOTE: When setting retry_rpc to a value greater than 0, the reinstall_files option should also be set to false (the default value), so the same files are not recopied when a fileset is retried.

The maximum possible amount of time spent waiting for the timeout is affected by a combination of rpc_timeout, retry_rpc, and retry_rpc_interval.

For troubleshooting information on Timeout options, refer to “Connection Timeouts and Other WAN Problems ”.