This page describes an older version of the product. The latest stable version is 16.4.

Testing System Environment


To perform a simple system testing you should use the gsInstance.bat script on windows or gsInstance.sh script on linux.

See also:

To setup a production environment see the Moving into Production Checklist.

Verifying Local Installation

  1. Run a single GigaSpaces space instance by moving to the <XAP Root>\bin directory and running the gsInstance.bat/sh command. You should see such an output:
D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin>gsInstance.bat
Starting a Space Instance
Setting space url to "/./mySpace?schema=default&properties=gs&groups="gigaspaces-8.0.1-XAPPremium-ga""
java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.5-b02, mixed mode)

Log file: D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin\..\logs\2011-06-19~01.21-gigaspaces-service-192.168.1.101-12840.log
2011-06-19 01:21:03,458  INFO [com.gigaspaces.common.resourceloader] - Loading properties file from:
file:/D:/gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga/config/gs.properties
2011-06-19 01:21:03,896  INFO [com.gigaspaces.container] -

 System Environment:
         System:
                 OS Name: Windows 7
                 OS Version: 6.1
                 Architecture: amd64
                 Number Of Processors: 4
         JVM Details:
                 Java Version: 1.6.0_24, Sun Microsystems Inc.
                 Java Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
                 Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 19.5-b02, Sun Microsystems Inc.
                 Java Home: d:\java\jdk1.6.0_24\jre
         JVM Memory:
                 Max Heap Size (KB): 466048
                 Current Allocated Heap Size (KB): 116451
         Network Interfaces Information:
                 Host Name: [my-PC]
                 Network Interface Name: lo / Software Loopback Interface 1
                 IP Address: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
                 IP Address: 192.168.1.101
     Zones: N/A
         Process Id: 12840
         GigaSpaces Platform:
                 Edition: XAP Premium 8.0.1 GA
                 Build: 5200
                 Home: D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin
  ..\

2011-06-19 01:21:04,231  INFO [com.gigaspaces.container] - Created RMIRegistry on: < 192.168.1.101:10098 >
2011-06-19 01:21:04,244  INFO [com.gigaspaces.container] - Webster HTTP server started successfully serving the
following roots: D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin
  ..\/lib;D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin
  ..\/lib/jini Webster
serving on: 192.168.1.101:9813
2011-06-19 01:21:04,741  INFO [com.sun.jini.reggie] - started Reggie: ab0f28be-5829-4566-861e-4ccad1da1c50,
[gigaspaces-8.0.1-XAPPremium-ga], jini://192.168.1.101:4166/
2011-06-19 01:21:05,046  INFO [com.gigaspaces.core.common] - Starting Space [mySpace_container:mySpace] with url
[/./mySpace?schema=default&properties=gs&groups=gigaspaces-8.0.1-XAPPremium-ga&state=started] ...
2011-06-19 01:21:05,515  INFO [com.gigaspaces.cache] - Cache manager created with policy [ALL IN CACHE],
persistency mode [memory]
2011-06-19 01:21:05,703  INFO [com.sun.jini.mahalo.startup] - Mahalo started: com.sun.jini.mahalo.TransientMahaloImpl@31bd669d
2011-06-19 01:21:05,712  INFO [com.gigaspaces.core.common] - Space [mySpace_container:mySpace] with url
[/./mySpace?schema=default&properties=gs&groups=gigaspaces-8.0.1-XAPPremium-ga&state=started] started successfully
  1. Make sure it loads without errors/exceptions. If you have error/exceptions check the following:
    • JAVA_HOME environment variable - Make sure it points to a valid JDK folder.
    • Network setup - Make sure the machine has a valid network interface installed with a valid IP.
    • hosts file - Make sure it includes entry for localhost or other machines you are accessing.
    • Multiple NICs - If your machine running multiple network interfaces, make sure you have the NIC_ADDR environment variable set to a valid IP of the machine. This should be done on every machine running GigaSpaces.
    • User permissions - Make sure you run the gsInstnce.sh script with a linux user that has permissions to write into the <XAP root>/logs folder.
    • CLASSPATH environment variable - Make sure the CLASSPATH environment variable is not specified. You might have some libraries specified as part of the CLASSPATH that cause GigaSpaces to fail.
    • JSHOMEDIR - environment variable - Make sure the JSHOMEDIR environment variable is not specified or pointing to a different GigaSpaces release folder. It might be you have some other GigaSpaces release installed on the same machine with JSHOMEDIR variable pointing to this release folder.
  2. Ping the space by running the <XAP Root>\bin\gs.bat/sh utility:
    gs space ping -url jini://*/*/mySpace
Tip

The following using multicast lookup discovery protocol. The first * of the URL means search for the lookup service across the network using multicast.

The following result output should appear on the console:

D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin>gs space ping -url jini://*/*/mySpace
total 1
ping from <mySpace> space
 with:
Finder URL: jini://*/*/mySpace?timeout=5000
Lease Timeout:  10 seconds
LookupFinder timeout: 5000 milliseconds
Buffer Size: 100
Iterations: 5

Average Time = 135 milliseconds
Tip

Subsequent space ping calls will have much faster response time. The fist space ping call introduce some meta data to the space. This happens only once.

If the space ping call fails with the following:

total 0
Service is not found using the URL: jini://*/*/mySpace?timeout=5000

You have the following options: - Make sure your network and machines running GigaSpaces are configured to have multicast enabled. See the How to Configure Multicast section for details on how to enable multicast. - Perform a space ping using unicast lookup discovery protocol: gs space ping -url jini://localhost/*/mySpace The following result should appear on the console:

D:\gigaspaces-xap-premium-8.0.1-ga\bin>gs space ping -url jini://localhost/*/mySpace
total 1
ping from <mySpace> space
 with:
Finder URL: jini://localhost/*/mySpace?timeout=5000
Lease Timeout:  10 seconds
LookupFinder timeout: 5000 milliseconds
Buffer Size: 100
Iterations: 5

Average Time = 135 milliseconds
Tip

When the ping client running on a remote machine (other than the machine running the space), localhost should be replaced with the machine hostname or IP running the space instance.

Verifying Remote Installation

Repeat the above steps #3, where the ping command is called from a machine different than the one running the space. You will have to install GigaSpaces both on the client and server machines.