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Question
How to configure recovery retry for WebSphere Application Server Message Listener during a connection connection failure.
Answer
The WAS Message Listener configuration page provides a retry count property, but settings made to the property page configuration is overridden by default settings.
The WAS Message Listener retry configuration is done at the server level using custom properties settings for Message Listeners, these settings are applied to all the message listeners configured in the application server.
Below are the properties and IBM knowledge center URL:
MAX.RECOVERY.RETRIES
The maximum number of times that a listener port managed by this service tries to recover from a failure before giving up and stopping. When stopped the associated listener port is changed to the stop state. The interval between retry attempts is defined by theRECOVERY.RETRY.INTERVALproperty.
- An unexpected error has occurred when a listener port tries to get a message from the JMS provider.
- The connection between the application server and the JMS provider has been lost usually due to a network error.
| Information | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Integer |
| Units | Retry attempts |
| Default | 5 |
| Range | 0 (no retries) through 2147483647 |
RECOVERY.RETRY.INTERVAL
The time in seconds between retry attempts by a listener port to recover from a failure. The maximum number of retry attempts is defined by theMAX.RECOVERY.RETRIESproperty.
- An unexpected error has occurred when a listener port tries to get a message from the JMS provider.
- The connection between the application server and the JMS provider has been lost usually due to a network error.
| Information | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Integer |
| Units | Seconds |
| Default | 60 |
| Range | 1 through 2147483647 |
IBM Knowledge Center URL:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/ae/umb_prolscp.html"
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IBM On Demand Consulting for Hybrid Cloud
Software version:
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Document number:
778951
Modified date:
08 December 2018
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