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  5. Virtualization Manager advanced parameters
  6. VMWARE_DATASTORE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS

VMWARE_DATASTORE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS

Valid Values: 0 or higher (Default = 0)

Number of seconds after which to time out datastore listings. The default is no time-out, but VMware will time out in 30 minutes irrespective of the value that is set for this parameter. This parameter only applies to the datastores data collection probe.

Note:

This parameter applies per directory in the datastore. The collection will stop scanning a datastore as soon as a single directory times out. Any files collected before the time-out will be persisted.

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