Long retry count (LONGRTY)

Specifies the long retry count for a sender or server (*SDR or *SVR) channel that is started automatically by the channel initiator. This defines the maximum number of further attempts that are made to connect to the remote machine, at intervals specified by LONGTMR, after the count specified by SHORTRTY has been exhausted. An error message is logged if the connection is not established after the defined number of attempts.

The possible values are:

*SYSDFTCHL

The value of this attribute is taken from the system default channel of the specified type.

long-retry-count

Specify a value in the range zero through 999 999 999. A value of zero means that no retries are allowed.