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Memory leak and CPU spike in Pega 7.1.8 application

SA-30262

Summary



A systems administrator frequently observes out of memory errors reported by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).  

As a result, the system destabilizes, and the business complains of lost productivity or low performance.

Error Messages



No error messages are displayed on screen.  However, the following error is observed multiple times in the Pega Logfile:

2016-10-24 10:49:32,640 [ES PassivationDaemon] [  STANDARD] [                    ] [                    ] (ternal.async.PassivationDaemon) ERROR   - Failed to process passivation queue: 
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

Java heap space
     at 
java.io.UnixFileSystem
.
canonicalize0
(Native Method)
     at 
java.io.UnixFileSystem


Also, the ALERT log contains numerous PEGA0028 ALERTs.

Steps to Reproduce



Unknown. No specific steps were identified to reproduce this issue.

Root Cause



The Java.lang.outofmemoryerror is reported as a NATIVE error condition, which means that this is an internal problem with the JVM and its interaction with operating system, as opposed to the JVM attempting to obtain more memory from its designated heap.

This error condition is a known old problem in 1.6 IBM JVM J9 releases.

Resolution



To resolve this issue, update the existing JVM to the latest release.

Published December 15, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020

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