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  4. Customize with advanced parameters
  5. Host discovery and collection advanced parameters
  6. HOST_SOCKET_TIMEOUT

HOST_SOCKET_TIMEOUT

This parameter is shipped in the Portal software and is listed in the Add Advanced Parameter window.

Valid Values: Numeric value in seconds (Default = 180 seconds)

Scope: This parameter can be set the socket time-out for connections to hosts, for an OS, or for a specific host.

Use this parameter to update the command time-out for Windows servers for Windows host data collection. A corresponding time-out must be configured for the WMI Proxy server.

To set the time-out for the WMI Proxy server:

  1. Edit the file:

    <HOME>\APTAREWMIServer\conf\aptarewmiserver.properties
  2. Modify or add this line to set the value in seconds: command_timeout=<value>

  3. Restart the WMI Proxy server.

Example:

To set the time-out to 10 minutes, set the HOST_SOCKECT_TIMEOUT advanced parameter to 600 and modify the WMI Proxy file and set command_timeout=600. Then, restart the WMI Proxy server.

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