Specifying how long TapeSHARE waits
You can decide to specify the amount of time that TapeSHARE should wait for a response from its partners in the PLEX.
You can specify a value of 0 to 300 seconds that an image should wait for a response from its partners.
If the request for resources is not completed in the time specified, then the request times out and generates an Allocation Failed Event. You might want to specify time out values for an image where a lot of processing takes place and requests for devices happen often. By specifying a greater time out value, you can avoid having a lot of request failures.
The default time to wait is 120 seconds (two minutes) and is controlled by the TIMEOUT parameter. Modify the TIMEOUT parameter after you have determined what an appropriate wait time is for a particular image.
To specify a time out value
On the TapeSHARE Parameters panel, enter the time out value (in seconds) next to the TIMEOUT field.
Figure 1. TapeSHARE parameters panel: specifying a new time out value
BMC Software --------------- TapeSHARE Parameters --------------- AutoOPERATOR
COMMAND ===> TGT --- DSHD
DATE --- YY/MM/DD
TIME --- 16:27:51
Member Current
PARTNER ===> * LIST * (Enter ? for a partner list)
TIMEOUT ===> 180 120 Subsystem response timeout value
RETRYCNT ===> 2 2 Times to retry a take request
RETRYINT ===> 30 30 Interval between take retries
ACTION ===> DEFAULT DEFAULT Allocation failure action
NOGIVE ===> (Enter ? for a device list)
NOTAKE ===> (Enter ? for a device list)
PREF ===> NO NO Enable / Force preferencing
PREFDEV ===> (Enter ? for a device list)
FREE ===> DEALLOC DEALLOC Deallocation procedure name
TRACE ===> NO NO Start / Stop TapeSHARE tracing
Press END to save changes, CANCEL to cancel changesIn this example, the new time out value is three minutes (180 seconds).
- Repeat this process for every TapeSHARE within the PLEX for which you want to customize this parameter.