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OC4J Container Reports Error java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space (Doc ID 368342.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Containers for J2EE - Version 10.1.2.0.0 to 10.1.3.5.0 [Release AS10gR2 to AS10gR3]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

In any circumstance, deploying, undeploying, redeploying or even running an application within an OC4J instance can return following error:

 

After this error the OC4J instance can no longer be used and a restart is necessary for users to continue using the application. As a result, redeployment results in downtime and must be scheduled out of hours.

Changes

 

Cause

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