Prior to the release of VCS 5.1, the default value of ShutdownTimeout attribute was set to 120 seconds. From VCS  5.1, the default value of the ShutdownTimeout attribute is increased to 600 seconds.

For further information on the attribute, refer to the corresponding User Guide for Cluster Server.

Applies To

Systems running VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) 5.1 and above

All Unix platforms

What is the significance of ShutdownTimeout attribute? The VCS ShutdownTimeout attribute determines whether to treat a system reboot as a fault for service groups running on the system. On many systems, when a reboot occurs, the processes are stopped first, and then the system goes down. When the VCS engine is stopped, service groups that include the failed system in their SystemList attributes are autodisabled. However, if the system goes down within the number of seconds designated in the ShutdownTimeout attribute, service groups previously online on the failed system are treated as faulted and failed over. To check the value of ShutdownTimeout attribute, run the following command: # hasys -value node1 ShutdownTimeout
600
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