One of my customers recently asked if it was possible to change the time-out for a power state change, at the same time this question was asked and answered on an internal mailing list. I thought it would be nice to document it. An example of a power state change task would be the shutdown that is initiated by SRM when you run a recovery plan. The default value is 120 seconds which might not be long enough and could lead to issues when a power off is forced. You can increase or decrease this value by editing the SRM configuration file (vmware-dr.xml). Look for the following section:
<Recovery>
<powerStateChangeTimeout>120</ powerStateChangeTimeout>
</Recovery>
Like stated above, the time-out value is in seconds. The default value is 120 and it can be changed according to your requirements. This change will be effective when the SRM service has been restarted. (If you can’t find this section in the XML file, just add it…)
For some reasons my vmware-dr.xml does not have such section.
Hi Kalle: If your vmware-dr.xml doesn’t contain such section, you can add id manualy (I did it and it seams to work).
Kind Regards
S.