APM Cluster crashes.

Products

• CA Application Performance Management Agent (APM / Wily / Introscope)
• CA Application Performance Management (APM / Wily / Introscope)
• INTROSCOPE
• DX Application Performance Management

Issue/Introduction

Cluster is crashing multiple times a day.  GC Times and sizes were larger than expected.

 

Environment

Introscope Enterprise Manager Release 10.7.0.197 (Build 992906)

Using Java VM version "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_112

Cause

Overloaded environment, APM EM setting.  

Resolution

Moved agent to another cluster.  Set introscope.apm.feature.enabled=false. Was generating a lot of objects taking up memory until disabled.