Parameter type

Keyword, optional

Purpose

Use the RLSTMOUT parameter to specify the maximum time in seconds that a VSAM RLS or DFSMStvs request is to wait for a required lock before the request is assumed to be in deadlock and ended with VSAM return code 8 and reason code 22(X'16'). Specify RLSTMOUT as a value in seconds in the range of 0 to 9999. A value of 0 means that the VSAM RLS or DFSMStvs request has no timeout value; the request waits as long as necessary to obtain the required lock.

VSAM RLS detects deadlocks within VSAM and DFSMStvs. It cannot detect deadlocks across other resource managers, and uses the timeout value to determine when such deadlocks might have occurred.