The general idea is to avoid bringing your system to it's knees by starting to many Linux systems simultaneously. This sleep breaks the startups a little bit apart to relieve some of the pressure. A Linux boot is a fairly intensive process compared to one sitting idle once everything has started.
"Reasonable" varies by shop. If you want to adjust you'd have to monitor startup performance and tune the interval. Or, call it close enough and leave it as is. Tom Stewart Mainframe OS, Networking & Security www.johndeere.com -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of And Get Involved Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: question about sleep setting for linux virtual server start automatically What is the reasonable setting for sleep time after issue xautolog server? On the planning and Administration "Steps for automatically starting linux virtual servers and other virtal machines" say: 1. After every third XAUTOLOG statement that starts a Linux virtual server, add this statement: CP sleep 15 sec Can someone tell me why? Sunny Hu This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original email. Thank you. (Sent by Webgate1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
