How do I create a heap dump with AppD?

[Anand.Jayaraman]

Typically in a java application we do specify the following JVM arguments like:

-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

-XX:HeapDumpPath=./java_pid<pid>.hprof

-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="< cmd args >;< cmd args > 

-XX:+UseGCOverheadLimit

Is it possible to get the Heap dump using AppD without having to specify the arguments above? I don't think AppD gives as much capabilities of analyzing a heap dump like Eclipse MAT etc. Which gives information on which are the objects that are responsible for the memory leak etc. and more details.

[Peter.Holditch]

Anand,

You are corect that, being a real-time APM solution, we do not provide forensic heap dump analysis capabilties.

We do, however, provide a set of memory diagnostic capabiltiies to help you pinpoint the root cause of memory leaks; these capabilities are documented here.

Warm regards,

Peter