Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Reliability and Performance
Retry RPC and Retry Interval
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Retry RPC and Retry Interval
During a swinstall or swcopy operation, retry_rpc_interval controls
the interval schedule for repeated attempts to make a connection to a
target or the source agent after an initial failure. This option works in
conjunction with retry_rpc, which controls the number of times the
target or source is re-contacted.
The default value for retry_rpc is 1 and retry_rpc_interval is {0}.
The recommended values for the retry_rpc_interval algorithm are {1
2 4 8 15} with retry_rpc set at 5. If the agent session fails to start for
any reason, the controller and/or target will attempt to re-connect in the
following way (i.e., both options set as above):
• after 1 minute for the first try
• then 2 minutes for the second try
• then 4 minutes
• then 8 minutes
• finally 15 minutes for the last try
If the number of values for retry_rpc_interval is less than
retry_rpc, the last value given is repeated until the number of actual
retries is equal to retry_rpc.
NOTE If retry_rpc has a value of zero, no retry is attempted. An initial value
of 5 is recommended for WAN environments.