Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-04 Thread Laird Nelson
for all your help. Best, Laird On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > > Windows as a service &g

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-04 Thread Mark Thomas
ginal Message - From: "Mark Thomas" > To: "Tomcat Users List" > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:57 AM > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > >> On 04/02/2010 08:43, André Warnier wrote: >

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-04 Thread Domenico Marzilli
unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service On 04/02/2010 08:43, André Warnier wrote: Laird Nelson wrote: Another data point: people have told me to download the Windows .zip distribution of Tomcat 6.0.24. I want to point out that this is not linked anywhere on the

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-04 Thread Mark Thomas
On 04/02/2010 08:43, André Warnier wrote: > Laird Nelson wrote: >> Another data point: people have told me to download the Windows .zip >> distribution of Tomcat 6.0.24. I want to point out that this is not >> linked >> anywhere on the Tomcat download page. The *base* distribution is of >> course

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-04 Thread André Warnier
Laird Nelson wrote: Another data point: people have told me to download the Windows .zip distribution of Tomcat 6.0.24. I want to point out that this is not linked anywhere on the Tomcat download page. The *base* distribution is of course linked, and the .exe self-extracting-installer package,

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Laird Nelson
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Laird Nelson wrote: > Another data point: people have told me to download the Windows .zip > distribution of Tomcat 6.0.24. I want to point out that this is not linked > anywhere on the Tomcat download page. The *base* distribution is of > course linked, and the

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Laird Nelson
Another data point: people have told me to download the Windows .zip distribution of Tomcat 6.0.24. I want to point out that this is not linked anywhere on the Tomcat download page. The *base* distribution is of course linked, and the .exe self-extracting-installer package, but I had to manually

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windowsas a service > > Would you prefer "software warlock"? I consider software to be a > "black" art, as opposed to a "fine" one. That would certainly be clo

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > turns out no matter what you do through the GUI console, > the service still runs as the system account Yes, I mentioned that a f

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Laird Nelson
Quick update, because I know you all care: turns out no matter what you do through the GUI console, the service still runs as the system account (!). Might be worth filing as a bug? I dimly recall reading something about this somewhere in the Tomcat documentation. Next up: Tomcat reinstall, but t

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chuck, On 2/2/2010 6:59 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] >> Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on >> Windows as a service >> >> I guess that

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Laird Nelson
wrote: > > From: Filip Hanik - Dev Lists [mailto:devli...@hanik.com] > > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > > Windows as a service > > > > set the HeapDumpPath option, so you can actually write to a > > location on disk > > You

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Filip Hanik - Dev Lists [mailto:devli...@hanik.com] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > set the HeapDumpPath option, so you can actually write to a > location on disk You're late to the party; that'

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > I guess that phrases like that one explain why one talks about the Art > of computer programming, and not the Science of ditto. Knu

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Filip Hanik - Dev Lists
set the HeapDumpPath option, so you can actually write to a location on disk On 02/02/2010 02:19 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] Subject: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service I am still unable to get Tomcat

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread André Warnier
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: ... You might try changing your log level and see if something interesting shows up. I guess that phrases like that one explain why one talks about the Art of computer programming, and not the Science of ditto. That, along with the fact that in this thread, the s

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Caldarale, Charles R > Subject: RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > I just tried forcing an OOME dump with Tomcat running under the Local > System Account - and it worked. This is under Vista 64, not Server > 2K3,

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Crowther
On 2 February 2010 21:48, Laird Nelson wrote: > OK; leery of running my Tomcat as the administrator, but am not up to speed > on which Windows users would be better choices.  I naturally assumed that > the local user selected by default was appropriate. LocalSystem can impersonate any user on the

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread André Warnier
Laird Nelson wrote: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Sateesh Narahari wrote: The default user account 'System' has some weird permission state on Windows, so try the admin user. OK; leery of running my Tomcat as the administrator, but am not up to speed on which Windows users would be bette

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > I'm not a Windows guy, so bear with me for a moment: I'm not sure there's anyone who really understands Windows secur

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Laird Nelson
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > That's not a user account, that's the system account, with pretty much no > privileges to do anything. > ...which is pretty much how I like it. :-) I'm not a Windows guy, so bear with me for a moment: si

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Laird Nelson
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Sateesh Narahari wrote: > The default user account 'System' has some weird permission state on > Windows, so try the admin user. OK; leery of running my Tomcat as the administrator, but am not up to speed on which Windows users would be better choices. I natural

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > The one selected by default when one chooses the "Log On" tab of the > graphical Tomcat monitor. The value of the label

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Sateesh Narahari
e to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Wind

Re: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Laird Nelson
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows > > as a service > > > > I am still unabl

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Caldarale, Charles R > Subject: RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on > Windows as a service > > I would try removing the existing Tomcat service, reinstalling the > current (6.0.24) Tomcat from the .zip download I would also create a bin/setenv.bat

RE: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Laird Nelson [mailto:ljnel...@gmail.com] > Subject: Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows > as a service > > I am still unable to get Tomcat to dump heap when it encounters an > OutOfMemoryError. You appear to be unique in that regard, since no

Still unable to get a heap dump from Tomcat running on Windows as a service

2010-02-02 Thread Laird Nelson
I am still unable to get Tomcat to dump heap when it encounters an OutOfMemoryError. My StackOverflow topic sums up what I've tried so far: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2172220/can-i-get-tomcat-running-as-a-service-to-dump-heap I'm using the graphical program that comes up when you select "