Short retry interval (SHORTTMR)

This attribute specifies the approximate interval in seconds that the channel is to wait before retrying to establish connection, during the short retry mode.

The interval between retries might be extended if the channel has to wait to become active.

This attribute can be set from zero through 999 999.

This attribute is valid for channel types of:
  • Sender
  • Server
  • Cluster sender
  • Cluster receiver

If multiple IP addresses have been defined within the channel and reconnection is necessary, IBM® MQ evaluates the channel definition and attempts to connect to each IP address in the order it is defined until either a successful connection is established or all addresses have been attempted.

In this case, SHORTTMR relates to how long the overall channel waits to restart the connection process, and not the individual IP addresses.