How can I timeout on wix job wait or terminate the job on a timer safely?

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This question has been asked several months before, so hopefuly the technology evolved

I had someone pull a cable from the ESX server on me during a process that restores a snapshot. I ended up with a client in an infinite IJob Wait. What's the proper way to time all calls out?

1. Some way to have a non blocking wait with a very long timeout via VIX API? (I am using C# / VixCOM)
   
   I am doing this:
   
   
   private static void InternalWait(IJob job, int timeoutInSeconds)
   {
   if (timeoutInSeconds == 0)
   {
   throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("timeoutInSeconds");
   }
   // active wait for the job to finish
   bool isComplete = false;
   while (!isComplete && timeoutInSeconds > 0)
   {
   Check(job.CheckCompletion(out isComplete));
   if (isComplete) break;
   Thread.Sleep(1000);
   timeoutInSeconds--;
   }
   
   
   if (timeoutInSeconds == 0)
   {
   throw new TimeoutException();
   }
   }

2. Manual timer that aborts the thread? I am worried about the consequences and being able to continue or maybe even retry operation.

3. Something else?

Thx

dB.