KB45610: How to increase the Heap Size of the Java Virtual Machine for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.x running on Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

 
Follow the steps below in order to increase the Heap Size of the Java Virtual Machine in JBoss Enterprise Application Server 6.0.x running on Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x: 
 
1.  Open the standalone.conf file located in /jboss-eap-6.0/bin
2.  Find the JAVA_OPTS parameter inside this file, as shown:
 

JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1303m -Xmx1303m

3.  Set  the JAVA_OPTS value to the desired value
4.  Save the file
5.  Restart the JBoss Enterprise Application Server
 
Observation: The first value is related to the Minimum value and the second one to the Maximum value of the Heap Size:
 
 

JAVA_OPTS="-XmsXXXXm (Minimum) -XmxXXXXm (Maximum)

 
 
 
NOTE:
For additional information on how to increase the Heap Size of the Java Virtual Machine in other environments, refer to the following Strategy technical notes.

• KB6446: How to increase the heap size of the Java Virtual Machine to handle large result data objects with MicroStrategy Web 8.0.x 
• KB15932: How to increase the Java Heap size in the IBM WebSphere Application Server
• KB30885: How to increase the Java Virtual Machine Heap size for MicroStrategy Web 9.x running on 64 bit Windows.  

 
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