The following steps summarize how to use HPjmeter to
view garbage collection information from your applications.
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 | NOTE: If you are running the HP JDK/JRE 5.0.14 or 6.0.02 version,
you can send a signal to the running JVM to start and stop a verbose
GC data collection period with zero preparation and no interruption
of your application. See Collecting GC Data with Zero Preparation. |
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Configure
your application.
Change the command line
of your Java application to use -Xverbosegc or -Xloggc options to capture garbage collection data.
Run
the application to create a data file.
Start
the console from a local installation on your client workstation.
Click File
Open File to browse for and open the data
file, or drag and drop the file onto the console
A GC
viewer window opens and displays a set of tabs containing summary
and graphical metric data.
Click
among the tabs to view available metrics.
For details on individual metrics and how to interpret
the data display, see: