How do I  make the heapdumps get  generated in a different directory rather than the default directory in Solaris?

Hello, I'm not sure if these environment entries  works  for solaris,  did you tried this ?

Application servers > server1 > Process definition > Environment Entries

IBM_HEAPDUMPDIR=/directory
IBM_JAVACOREDIR=/directory
IBM_COREDIR=/directory

Hi WASuser,

  try with this technote:
 
  Getting Heapdumps on the Solaris platform
  www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=s...
 
  hope this helps,
 
 regards

Dario,

Those variables work for IBM JVMs.

I have Sun JVM on solaris platform.

Gabriel,

Thanks for the technote,  I was aware of the arguments to  genterate heap dumps on OOM or manually.  I am more of looking on how to redirect these dumps to a different directory because they are currently filling up WAS binaries

WASUser,

  I haven't solaris to test but I think that this properties are what you are looking for:    

   -XX:ErrorFile=./hs_err_pid.log -> If an error occurs, save the error data to this file.   

   -XX:HeapDumpPath=./java_pid.hprof -> Path to directory or filename for heap dump. Manageable. (Introduced in 1.4.2 update 12, 5.0 update 7.) 

   -XX:-HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -> Dump heap to file when java.lang.OutOfMemoryError is thrown. Manageable. (Introduced in 1.4.2 update 12, 5.0 update 7.)   

  Java HotSpot VM Options
  www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/t...
 
 
  hope this helps.
 
regards

Thanks Gabriel. 

These are what exactly I was  looking for.