DTM Policies
Note This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.
A DTM policy is a setting on the controller that controls the behavior and actions of DTM.
The following table lists predefined DTM policies and their default values. The default value of a policy is the value defined when the client was installed. Some policies require the client computer to be restarted to take effect.
| Policy | Description | Default Value | Requires Restart |
|---|---|---|---|
AutoUpdatePollInterval |
Specifies the number of minutes that DTM should wait to poll for an update. |
720 minutes |
Yes |
ControlledStopTimeout |
Specifies the number of minutes that DTM should wait to stop once it has determined that it needs to upgrade. |
720 minutes |
Yes |
MachineResetTimeout |
Specifies the number of seconds that the Machine Reset handlers should wait to reset DTM. |
300 seconds |
No |
EaHBTimeoutInterval |
Specifies the number of minutes that DTM should wait before sending peer computer heartbeats. |
30 minutes |
Yes |
EaHBTimeoutExpire |
Specifies the number of minutes that DTM should wait for a heartbeat from a peer computer. If the time expires before receiving a heartbeat from a peer computer, the job is canceled. |
120 minutes |
Yes |
EaJobMemoryRestrictionPercentage |
Specifies the percentage of virtual memory that can be combined and used by all of the tasks in the job. |
100 percent |
No |
EaRebootWaitTime |
Specifies the number of seconds that DTM should wait for the client computer to restart after the restart task exits. |
1800 seconds |
No |
EaCopyInfraLogsOnPass |
Specifies a Boolean flag to indicate whether DTM should copy the infra logs if job passed. The default value is FALSE, which will not copy the infra logs. Note that infra logs are always copied if the job fails. |
FALSE |
Yes |
IgnoreUnexpectedReboots |
Specifies a Boolean flag to indicate whether DTM should ignore unexpected restarts. The default value is FALSE to, which will ignore unexpected restarts. This policy should not be set to TRUE unless the test team has a custom method to detect unexpected restarts. |
FALSE |
No |
AutologonWaitTime |
Specifies the number of minutes that DTM should wait for Session 0 of Autologon. DTM will not wait if this policy is set to 0 seconds. |
300 minutes |
No |
PDSleepTime |
Specifies the number of seconds the Push Daemon should wait for messages from the database. |
30 seconds |
Yes |
WTTMessageReceiveTimeout |
Specifies the number of seconds to wait for incoming messages before rejecting the connections. |
300 seconds |
Yes |
Build date: 9/14/2012