Virtual TapeServer 6.04.01 Operations and Administration Guide
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ems_keep_alive Specifies the number of seconds 
between periodic EMS messages 
that are sent from VTS to the 
host so that the Telnet session 
does not time out. When set, 
EMS filtering on the host can be 
increased because the Telnet 
connection between the VTS 
server and the NonStop host 
stays alive. If omitted or set to 0, 
keep-alive messaging is 
disabled. 
Integer No
ems_notify_wait_ 
timeout
Specifies the number of seconds 
to allow the host to process 
commands before VTS expects 
to prompt for another command. 
Typically, this should be 2-3 
seconds but it causes no harm to 
allow more time for the host.
You can specify ems_notify_ 
wait_timeout_NSserver 
instead of or in addition to this 
parameter. If ems_notify_
wait_timeout_NSserver is 
specified, its value overrides the 
value of this parameter for the 
specified host. See the next step 
for more information about 
ems_notify_wait_timeout_
NSserver.
Default value: 20
Integer No
ems_notify_logout_ 
timeout
Specifies the number of seconds 
to wait after issuing the 
LOGOUT command and before 
closing the socket connection.
Note that you can specify the 
ems_notify_logout_timeout_
NSserver instead of or in 
addition to this parameter. If 
ems_notify_logout_timeout_
NSserver is specified, its value 
overrides the value of this 
parameter for the specified host. 
See the next step for more 
information about ems_notify_
logout_timeout_NSserver.
Default value: 3
Integer No
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