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This document discusses monitoring and tuning the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Oracle Applications 11i. It begins by explaining that JVM configuration parameters like memory allocation and number of JVMs can be found in the CONTEXT file. It then provides details on increasing the number of JVMs, locations of JVM logs, analyzing the logs to monitor garbage collection, checking JDBC connections, and tools for monitoring the JVM like jvmstat and jconsole. Sizing recommendations suggest one JVM per 100 users for the OACore group.

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JVM Tuning

This document discusses monitoring and tuning the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Oracle Applications 11i. It begins by explaining that JVM configuration parameters like memory allocation and number of JVMs can be found in the CONTEXT file. It then provides details on increasing the number of JVMs, locations of JVM logs, analyzing the logs to monitor garbage collection, checking JDBC connections, and tools for monitoring the JVM like jvmstat and jconsole. Sizing recommendations suggest one JVM per 100 users for the OACore group.

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Well purpose of writing this page on JVM & JVM monitoring / Tuning for Oracle Apps 11i is

that for Quite some time we were getting errors


like java.lang.OutOfMemoryError or java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError error message
across applications. So I thought of troubleshooting JVM and Middle Tier in
Oracle Applications 11i and got enough material which I have summarized here for other as
well. This page is based on Oracle Application 11i with Autoconfig and Java 1.4.2 version.
Though Java/JDK 1.5 is also available & certified with 11.5.10.2 . Lets start with
understanding JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and related components.

What is JVM ?
JVM acronym for Java Virtual Machine which executes instructions generated by Java
compiler. So user click on any Self Service Request or any program which uses Java, then
Apache forwards this request to mod_jserv (mod_oc4j in 10g AS) & mod_jserv caters this
request with help of JVM.

How & Where check JVM related configuration in Oracle Apps 11i ?
So lets start with CONTEXT file under $APPL_TOP/admin (xml file) which is of pattern
$SID_$HOSTNAME.xml
There are two important lines in CONTEXT file which will help you in understanding JVM
 jvm_options oa_var="s_jvm_options" osd="Solaris" -verbose:gc -Xmx512M
-Xms128M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:NewRatio=2 -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps
-XX:+UseTLAB /jvm_options

-Verbose:gc means JVM is configured to print output when gc(Garbage Collector)


runs.
Xmx is maximum memory allocated to JVM in above example its 512 MB.
Xms is JVM will start with this much memory i.e. 128 MB.
Now Check another line in 11i Context file like
 oacore_nprocs oa_var="s_oacore_nprocs"2/oacore_nprocs
Which means that there are two JVM's for OACore Group. Usually default its 1 JVM
in my Instance I changed it to 2, to cater huge Self Service users in my case.

how to increase number of JVM's, Types of group , Monitoring & Tuning Apps 11i JVM

Q: How to increase No. Of JVM's


Since you know place where number of JVM's are stored in Apps 11i in Context File , so you
can change them as per your requirement. There are basically following Groups with their
own JVM's.
 OACoreGroup, where most of Java request goes
 DiscoGroup, which serve your Discoverer related requests
 FormsGroup, for Forms (If they are running in Servlet Mode, confirm it again)
 XmlSvcsGroup, for XML Services
In Context File
disco_nprocs oa_var="s_disco_nprocs" osd="Solaris" 1 /disco_nprocs Sets 1 JVM
Process for Discoverer.
oacore_nprocs oa_var="s_oacore_nprocs" 1 /oacore_nprocs Sets 1 JVM for for
OACoreGroup
Similarly , s_forms_servlet_nprocs & s_xmlsvcs_nprocs for Forms & XML Services
resp.
These Groups are defined in configuration file for Jserv i.e. jserv.conf under
$IAS_ORA/Apache/Jserv/conf ; like
ApJServGroup OACoreGroup
ApJServGroup DiscoGroup
ApJServGroup FormsGroup
ApJServGroup XmlSvcsGrp
Q: Where to find Apps 11i JVM logs ?
JVM log location is defined in java.sh ( found in $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin)
Oracle Apps 11i JVM log file directory is defined by parameter JVMLOGDIR
( $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Jserv/logs/jvm ) and log file are defined by STDOUTLOG &
STDERRLOG. Example of JVM log files are
OACoreGroup.0.stderr ,OACoreGroup.0.stdout, DiscoGroup.0.stdout,
DiscoGroup.0.stderr, XmlSvcsGrp.0.stderr, XmlSvcsGrp.0.stdout
where 0 denotes first JVM & 1 denotes second JVM. stderr records error encountered in JVM
& stdout records other information like GC

Garbage Colector & How to tune 11i Apps JVM , How to monitor JVM's

Now you know where to find Apps 11i JVM logs so lets understand these log files
Analyzing Oracle Apps 11i JVM logs
In order to analyze Oracle apps 11i JVM, lets open stdout file for one of Group, I have
selected OACoreGroup here, you know log file location (If not check previous page) , open
file like OACoreGroup.X.stdout you should see output like below if GC(Grabage Collector)
is set in Verbose mode.
48561.624: [GC 325980K->170382K(519168K), 0.2751056 secs]
49307.880: [GC 334862K->179171K(519168K), 0.2660486 secs]
50236.662: [GC 343651K->187797K(519168K), 0.2518720 secs]
50515.494: [Full GC[Unloading class sun. reflect. Generated Method Accessor
143]
[Unloading class sun. reflect. GeneratedMethodAccessor136]
[Unloading class sun. reflect. GeneratedMethodAccessor74]
Here first entry is time since JVM was started so each time you bounce Apache it will be
reset to 0. So difference between two entries is seconds after which GC (Garbage Collector)
was executed. First entry in bracket [ is Heap Size at start of GC & Second entry is Heap
Size after GC was executed. Number mentioned in round bracket () is heap size currently
attocated in K. If you see GC running very frequently , you can start thinking of
increasing JVM heap size
First three entries were for Minor Garbage Collector & fourth one is FULL GC is for Full
Garbage Collector.
Q: How to check JDBC Connection ?
connect using apps, sys or system & issue
select count(*), module from v$session where program like '%JDBC%' group by module;
Q: How to check JDBC thin driver version ?
Often you would like to know what is version of jdbc thin drivers that your Web Server
( Apache, ias 1.0.2.2.2 ) is using . To find out how you can check jdbc thin driver
version Click Here
Q: How to Monitor Oracle Apps 11i JVM ?
There are some tools available like jvmstst, jconsole .. but I never tried so wait till I
configure one for my system. For monitoring via jconsole I read wonderful note on my
favorite blogger's (Steven Chan) site. You can check same by Clicking Here

Lets Explore more on JVM with Apps like sizing


Sizing Apps JVM
As by now you might be aware that there are four JVM
Groups, OACoreGroup,DiscoGroup, FormsGroup & XMLsvcsGrp ( FromsGroup JVM's
disabled by defualt as forms run on Socket rather servlets) so thumb rule in Apps is
1 JVM with default settings per 100 Users for OACoreGroup
so if you have 1000 users with five middle tiers you can configure 2 JVM on each middle tier
i.e. 2X5X100=1000 Users.

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