Hello Friends,

Can you please let me know how I can set the location where I want JVM core and heap dumps to be stored?
Is it done via the setupCMDline.sh or via the websphere variables?

If done through both then which one takes precedence over the other?

Thanks and Regards,
Kushal Chaudhary

Application servers > Application_server > Process Definition > Custom Properties

IBM_JAVACOREDIR your_directory  /for Javadump/
IBM_HEAPDUMPDIR your_directory /for Heapdump/
IBM_COREDIR your_directory /for system dump/
IBM_COREDIR your_directory /for snap traces/

HI Joseph,

Thanks for the information.
However just wanted to know if websphere variables and setupCMDline.sh are also the probable ways to do so?
Can you please comment on it?

Thanks and Regards,
Kushal Chaudhary

Hi Kushal,

  Yes, you can do using environment variables (in setupCmdLine f.e) but take in mind that if you put in setupCmdLine is for all servers the same behavior, if you put in Joseph's way only selected servers has different behavior.
 
  JVM environment settings
  publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasd...
 
  Javadump and Heapdump options
  The following list describes the Javadump and Heapdump options. The recommended way of controlling the production of diagnostic data is the -Xdump command-line option, described in Using dump agents.
 
  The -Xdump option on the command line is the preferred method for producing dumps for cases where the default settings are not enough. You can also produce dumps using the JAVA_DUMP_OPTS environment variable.
 
  Using dump agents
  publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/javasd...
 
  Using -Xdump agent not only you can set the location of dumps also you can select what type of dumps generate for example yes javacores but not heapdump
 
  Hope this helps.
 
 regards