Diagnostic pause length (-diagPause)

Use Diagnostic pause length (-diagPause) to specify the number of seconds to pause after recording data for a diagnostic event before processing the event.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX / Windows	-diagPause n
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Database Server	1920 (30 minutes)	0	—	0

The number of seconds to pause.

Two conditions can cause the pause to terminate before the specified time elapses:

DiagComplete file — If you want the pause to terminate, create a file named diagComplete in the event-specific directory. This indicates that the DBA is ready to have the event process.

DiagProc terminates — If you have specified a process to be spawned when a diagnostic event triggers, the pause will terminate when the spawned process terminates.

Note: If you trigger data collection from PROMON, or by setting the VST field _db status-InitiateDiag=TRUE, the pause time is ignored.