Aria Suite Lifecycle vrlcm-server service crashes with Java heap space OutOfMemoryError

Products

• VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.x

Issue/Introduction

The VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle manager service (vrlcm-server) fails to remain in a running state. Executing the health status command indicates that the server component is Not Running.

Review of the /var/log/vrlcm/vmware-vrlcm.log file reveals java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space errors triggered during database cleanup and purging engine routines. There are no underlying storage or directory capacity capacity issues on the appliance.

Symptoms can be verified by running the following command:

root@<server name>[ /]#   vrlcm-cli --health-status
bootstrap ------------- SUCCESS
postgres -------------  Running
vrlcm-server ------------- Not Running
blackstone ------------- Running

The following error strings are captured in /var/log/vrlcm/vmware-vrlcm.log:

2026-04-28T12:39:54.166Z INFO vrlcm[19338] [http-nio-8080-ClientPoller] [c.v.v.l.c.l.MaskingPrintStream]   -- * SYSOUT/SYSERR CAPTURED:   -- java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
2026-04-28T12:39:54.173Z WARN vrlcm[19338] [scheduling-1] [o.h.e.j.s.SqlExceptionHelper]   -- SQL Error: 0, SQLState: 53200
2026-04-28T12:39:54.174Z ERROR vrlcm[19338] [scheduling-1] [o.h.e.j.s.SqlExceptionHelper]   -- Ran out of memory retrieving query results.
2026-04-28T12:39:54.174Z WARN vrlcm[19338] [scheduling-1] [o.h.e.j.s.SqlExceptionHelper]   -- SQL Error: 0, SQLState: 08006
2026-04-28T12:39:54.174Z ERROR vrlcm[19338] [scheduling-1] [o.h.e.j.s.SqlExceptionHelper]   -- An I/O error occurred while sending to the backend.
2026-04-28T12:39:54.187Z ERROR vrlcm[19338] [scheduling-1] [c.v.v.l.a.g.c.CleanupProcessor]   -- Exception occured while cleanup and purging engine DB entries.

Environment

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.x

Cause

The vrlcm database instance tables have become bloated due to a large volume of environments and accumulated historical request entries, causing Java heap space exhaustion during database maintenance cycles.

Resolution

If you encounter the symptoms described above, contact Broadcom Technical Support for further assistance. The mitigation requires internal modifications and structured purging of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle database instance tables, which must be performed by a technical support engineer.

Before contacting support, ensure a fresh file-based backup or snapshot of the appliance has been taken.