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Configuring Timeouts

Timeouts can be configured for each component used with CA IDMS Server, including the application server, CAICCI/PC, the ODBC and JDBC drivers, the JDBC server, and CA IDMS. The ODBC and JDBC drivers also support setting timeouts at runtime. Although there seem to be a large number of timeout settings, they can be grouped into three types:

• Reply Timeouts limit how long the client waits for a reply from the server after making a request.
• Idle Timeouts limit how long the server waits for the client to make a request.
• Other Timeouts are used to tune socket connections.

This section describes these timeouts and how they are related. On Windows, timeouts are generally defined in the registry, using the CAICCI/PC and ODBC administrator applications. See the appropriate CA Common Services manual or chapter "Configuring the Client on Windows" for information on using these applications. Detailed descriptions of each setting are included in the appendix "Windows Registry Information." On z/OS, timeouts are defined in the caidms.cfg configuration file. For detailed information on these settings, see the appendix "Configuration File Information." Certain timeouts can also be set in the caidms.properties Java properties file. For information on these settings, see the appendix "Properties File Information."