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Use Heap Dump Analysis to make an expert system analysis of your AS Java. When the system detects a memory leak, you can view, generate, archive and download heap dumps. You can also delete them later.

To access the tool, choose   SAP NetWeaver Administrator   Troubleshooting   Advanced Troubleshooting   Heap Dump Analysis  .

Procedure

Generating Heap Dumps

  1. Choose Generate Heap Dump. A dialog window appears.

  2. Select a server process (node) and choose OK.

  3. The new heap dump is displayed in the table.

Archiving Heap Dumps

  1. Select the relevant heap dump.

  2. Choose Archive.

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    The Archive button is enabled if the selected heap dump has not been archived before and if no archiving is running on the same server process.

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  3. A confirmation dialog window appears. Choose OK.

  4. In the Archive Size column, a progress bar is displayed showing the archiving process in percent (%).

Downloading Heap Dumps

  1. Select the relevant heap dump.

  2. Choose Download.

    Note Note

    The Download button is enabled if an archive has been created for the selected heap dump.

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  3. Save the downloaded content in your local file system.

Removing Heap Dumps and Heap Dump Archives

  1. Select the relevant heap dump.

  2. Choose the Remove or Remove Archive button, accordingly.

  3. A confirmation dialog window appears.

House-Keeping

  1. If your file system is out of memory because of too many heap dumps, a Delete column appears with a red indication.

  2. To delete old and obsolete heap dumps, select them and choose Remove.

More Information

You can easily find out if a system leak occurred using the primary monitoring System Overview tool.

For more information, see System Overview