Use Retry Connect Set Pause (-retryConnectPause) to specify how long to wait (in seconds) before attempting to reconnect to a set of databases (primary and alternates specified by -dbalt1 and -dbalt2) . Use this parameter in conjunction with Retry Connect Set (-retryConnect). -retryConnectPause controls the duration between connection attempts for the connection set as a whole. All connections in the set (primary database, -dbalt1, -dbalt2) are tried in turn before the pause interval starts.

Operating system and syntax UNIX / Windows -retryConnectPause pause-interval
Use with Maximum value Minimum value Single-user default Multi-user default
Client Connection 300 0 - 5
pause-interval
An integer value that specifies the number of seconds to pause before the next retry attempt. The default is 5 seconds.
-retryConnectPause 10

For more information, see Learn about automatic database reconnect.