Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Command Options
Options Listed Alphabetically
Appendix A452
• retry_rpc=1
This command defines the number of times a lost source connection
is retried during file transfers. If set from 1 to 9, the install of each
fileset is attempted that number of times. The reinstall_files
option should also be set to false to avoid installing files that were
successfully installed within the fileset.
This option also applies to the controller contacting the agent. If the
agent session fails to start for any reason, the controller tries to
recontact that agent for the number of times specified in retry_rpc,
using the values from the retry_rpc_interval option to determine
how long to wait between each attempt to recontact the agent.
Applies to swcopy and swinstall.
• retry_rpc_interval={0}
Specifies in minutes the length of the interval for repeated attempts
to make a connection to a target after an initial failure. Used in
conjunction with the retry_rpc option.
If the number of values in this option equals the value of retry_rpc,
SD-UX tries to reestablish a source connection for the number of
times specified in retry_rpc. If the number of values in
retry_rpc_interval is less than the value in retry_rpc, SD-UX
repeats the final interval value until the number of retries matches
retry_rpc.
For example, if an agent session failed to start and retry_rpc was
set to 9 and retry_rpc_interval was set to {1 2 4 8 15} to allow long
waits to handle transient network failures, the controller would
attempt to recontact the agent after 1 minute for the first retry, then
2 minutes for the second retry, 4 for the third retry, then 8, then 15
for all additional retries until nine retries were attempted. With
these values, a file load failure could cause the operation to pause for
90 minutes (1+2+4+8+15+15+15+15+15). If both options were set to
5, the controller would try to contact the target five times over a
30-minute period.
Applies to swcopy and swinstall.