Working With System Image Definitions › Time-outs

Time-outs

You can specify how long to wait for the response to an action in the Timeout After field on the following panels:

• Activation Details panel
• Inactivation Details panel
• Force Inactivation Details panel

Usually, the response to the action sets the actual state of the resource to the state specified in the Status column.

However, if for any reason the expected response to the action does not come, then, depending on the timeout settings, the following occurs:

• If you have not specified a value in the Timeout After field, the region keeps waiting for a response until a significant event changes the status of the resource.

  The exception is the time-out for a resource of the LOGICAL type. For a logical resource, the default value for the Timeout After field is 0 (that is, no waiting).

• If you specified a value in the Timeout After field and you specified the action to take when time-out occurs, the region takes the specified action. The action sets the resource to a specified actual state. On the Inactivation Details panel, you can, instead of specifying the actual state to set, specify that the resource be stopped by force according to the forced inactivation details.
• If you specified a value in the Timeout After field but you did not specify any action, the region performs the display processing specified on the Display and Heartbeat panel.

  Note: For a logical resource, display processing is not applicable. The actual state of the logical resource is set directly to the expected result of the action. A starting action results in an actual state of ACTIVE; a stopping action results in an actual state of INACTIVE.

  If the response to the action indicates that the desired state is satisfied, the region sets the correct actual state.

  If the response to the action indicates a state other than the desired state, the region can proceed no further with the automated process. The region does not change the actual state of the resource, but sets the automation status for the resource to FAILED and forces the logical state of the resource to INERROR.