How to Increase WebApp Client and Server Memory Allocation

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

In larger environments, it may be necessary to increase the memory allocation to the OneClick Webapp Client so that it will perform better and in some cases not crash due to out of memory conditions. This document will show how to increase the Spectrum WebTomcat memory allocation from the default 1024m to the desired amount (ex. 2048m, 3072m ..etc)

Environment

Release : 20.2.x

Component : SPCOCK : Spectrum OneClick

Resolution

The memory allocation for the OneClick Webapp is specified within the WebSwing configuration file webswing.config.

There are 2 ways to update the value

 

1. Manually

           Edit: $SPECROOT/webtomcat/webswing/webswing.config
Search for: "vmArgs"
    Change: -Xmx1024m  -TO-  -Xmx2048m (or higher if needed)

Restart Webtomcat
   cd $SPECROOT/webtomcat/bin
   ./stopWebTomcat.sh
   ./startWebTomcat.sh

 

2. Via the WebSwing Configuration GUI

• Access the WebSwing gui using the webtomcat port (default: 9443)
  
  http://<OneClickServer>:9443/spectrum
  
  
• Login using spectrum / spectrum (this is a webswing auth not spectrum)
  
  
  
  
• Click on 'Manage'
  
  
  
  
  
• Click the 'Config' Button
  
  
  
  
  
• Under 'Java - Applications' locate the 'JVM Arguments' and adjust the memory value to -Xmx2048m
  
  
  
  
  
• Scroll Up and Click 'Apply' for the changes to be saved
  
  
  
  
  
• Restart Webtomcat
  
  cd $SPECROOT/webtomcat/bin
  ./stopWebTomcat.sh
  ./startWebTomcat.sh

 

To Increase Server Memory:

Example change from 2GB to 4GB

• Go to $SPECROOT/webtomcat/webswing
• Edit webswing.sh
  • Find:
    • export JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx2g
  • Change to:
    • export JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx4g
• Save and restart Web Tomcat Service

Additional Information

 

Note: Each instance of the Webapp launched runs a separate java instance on the OneClick server. Make sure the
   Server has enough memory available for the webapp instances.