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Using HPjmeter to Analyze Garbage Collection Data

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The following steps summarize how to use HPjmeter to save and view garbage collection information from your applications.

  1. Configure your application.

    Change the command line of your Java application to use -Xverbosegc or -Xloggc options to capture garbage collection data.

  2. Run the application to create a data file.

  3. Start the console from a local installation on your client workstation.

  4. Click File->Open File to browse for and open the data file.

    GC viewer initial display
  5. A GC viewer window opens and displays a set of tabs containing summary and graphical metric data.

  6. Click among the tabs to view available metrics.

For details on individual metrics and how to interpret the data display, see:

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