Purpose
SAP Note 1783031 explains how SAP JVM Profiler can be used to analyze the AS Java performance. This page illustrates the steps for SAP ME system in particular.
Overview
1. Launch jvmprof
Launch jvmprof from the path of SAP JVM which is used by AS Java (\usr\sap\SID\J##\exe\sapjvm_#\bin):
2. Enter the systemnumber
Enter the systemnumber.
3. Display VMS
display vms
4. Start profiling
Start the profiling process by executing the following sequence of commands in the prompt. (where "VmId" has to be replaced with the server process experiencing bad performance and "some.valid.disk.drive.path" with some valid path on the file system and profiler_output.prf with the name of the output file in .prf extension):
- start profiling "VmId" dest="some.valid.disk.drive.path"\profiler_output.prf
after this command the output file in .prf extension is generated in the specified directory, which can be checked on the file system
Then execute:
- start performance hotspot trace "VmId" ignoreSleepingThreads=false
5. Execute the scenario in SAP ME
Execute the scenario in SAP ME that is causing performance problems. If possible, direct the requests to the chosen server process intentionally.
6. Stop profiling
Stop the profiling process by executing:
- stop performance hotspot trace "VmId"
- stop profiling "VmId"
7. Check the output file
You can verify whether some dump was captured by checking the size of the output file.
8. Send to SAP
Provide the output file to SAP Support to analyze it
Related Documents
(TSG) SAP JVM Profiler
Java Profiling
Related Notes
SAP Note 1783031 - Analyzing AS Java performance with SAP JVM Profiler
SAP Note 2176018 - How to access JVMMond behind a firewall to monitor JVM performance
SAP Note 2151862 - How to analyse connection issues to the message server
SAP Note 2677090 - Enable Debugging Profiling Port for JVM Profiling using jvmmon command line interface