EM 13.3: Frequent Agent Restarts with java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space"
(Doc ID 2649178.1)
Last updated on SEPTEMBER 05, 2024
Applies to:
Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 13.3.0.0.0 and laterInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
After upgrading the agent to 13.3, Agent restarts frequently with Out of Memory errors
$AGENT_INST_HOME/sysman/log/gcagent.log reports following errors:
2019-12-08 05:21:37,335 [1:main (@ 2019-12-08 01:14:14 UTC)] ERROR - agent main threw an error
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.io.BufferedWriter.<init>(BufferedWriter.java:105)
at java.io.BufferedWriter.<init>(BufferedWriter.java:88)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.common.FileUtils.setContents(FileUtils.java:222)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.common.FileUtils.setContents(FileUtils.java:138)
Adding the parameter "+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" to the agentJavaDefines as below will generate the heap dumps.
agentJavaDefines=-Xmx2500M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
Analyzing the heap dump shows the following objects are always occupying more than 90% of the Max Heap.
java.lang.Thread [Thread, Stack Local] "oracle.dfw.impl.incident.DiagnosticsDataExtractorImpl - Incident Dump Executor
Cause
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