Re: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-22 Thread Lindsay Patten
Thank you to the several people who made suggestions, either on the list or by direct email! I think I have solved the problem by simply using the -server option to java when starting tomcat. By default tomcat uses the default VM, which for Sun JDK1.5 is the client VM. By default the client

Re: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-22 Thread Jerome Jar
Hi, Lindsay, Sorry for my ignorance, but seeing that you were trying to locate the thread using PID, I think perhaps it's wrong. I have the same experience identifying such a CPU utilization issue on a Debian box using a 2.6.x version kernel. I cannot recall whether on a 2.4.x kernal linux box

100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-21 Thread Lindsay Patten
I am looking for information on how to debug a problem. Any pointers to documentation, suggestions of approaches etc. would be much appreciated. I am having a problem with my tomcat server periodically going into a state where it is using up all the available cpu and providing very slow

Re: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-21 Thread Jim Cox
On 9/21/07, Lindsay Patten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ ...stuff elided...] If I look at the system status using the Tomcat manager webapp there are often requests listed with ridiculously large values in the Time column, several hundred seconds for jsp pages that only take a fraction of a

RE: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-21 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Lindsay Patten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat Expecting to find that I had some error in my webapp I did a few thread dumps, but assuming that nid in the thread dump corresponds to pid from ps I found that the process that was spinning

Re: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-21 Thread Lindsay Patten
of the production server to see how I can use it... Further suggestions very welcome! Thanks, Lindsay Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: Lindsay Patten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat Expecting to find that I had some error in my webapp I did a few

RE: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat

2007-09-21 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Lindsay Patten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 100% cpu usage by VM Thread in tomcat I need to figure out how to reproduce the situation out of the production server to see how I can use it... For an initial check, set -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote for the Tomcat startup