How do you alter the memory resource limits for VNA?

Products

• CA Infrastructure Management
• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration
• DX NetOps
• CA Virtual Network Assurance

Issue/Introduction

How do you alter the memory resource limits for VNA?

How do you alter the max heap limits for VNA?

How do you alter the Xmx value for VNA?

Environment

All supported DX NetOps Virtual Network Assurance (VNA) releases

Cause

Added memory to the server and want the VNA installation to take advantage of the increases resource availability.

Resolution

To alter the Xmx or Java Max Heap setting you would:

1. Edit /opt/CA/VNA/wildfly/bin/standalone.conf

2. Find this section near the middle of the first page:

if [ "x$VNA_MAX_MEM" = "x" ]; then
    VNA_MAX_MEM=28672m
fi

3. Modify the VNA_MAX_MEM=XXXXXm entry to reflect your changes

4. Save the file and restart the wildfly service

Additional Information

Note with the latest releases of VNA this value should be persistent through upgrades.