Specifying how long TapeSHARE waits

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

1. 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 changes

   In this example, the new time out value is three minutes (180 seconds).

2. Repeat this process for every TapeSHARE within the PLEX for which you want to customize this parameter.