--- sap.monitor	2002/10/28 08:36:48	1.11
+++ sap.monitor	2003/10/02 08:18:32	1.13
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 my $repeat = 3;
 # seconds to wait between retries
 my $repeat_wait = 5;
+# sapinfo timeout
+my $sapinfo_timeout = 10;
 
 my %opts;
 getopt('h:s:H:S:', \%opts);
@@ -64,11 +66,12 @@
 		for(my $i=0; $i<$repeat; $i++) {
 			eval {
 				local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "timeout\n"; };
-				alarm 30; # wait for sapinfo to finish
+				alarm $sapinfo_timeout; # wait for sapinfo to finish
 				$output = `$SAPINFO trace=0 ashost=$ashost sysnr=$sysnr`;
 			};
 			alarm 0; # turn alarm off
 			undef $sys_id;
+			$output = "" if (! defined $output);
 			if ($output =~ m/System\s+ID\s+(\w+)/i) {
 				$sys_id = $1;
 				last;