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Dump


The dump feature of the Admin API allows to easily generate dump information out of GigaSpaces runtime environment. Here is an example:

Admin admin = new AdminFactory().addGroup("myGroup").createAdmin();

// wait a bit for components to be discovered (or use waitFor) ...

DumpResult dumpResult = admin.dump("reason comes here", null,
                                "summary", "thread", "log", "processingUnits");
dumpResult.download(new File("target/dump.zip"), null);

The above example will go over all the currently discovered runtime elements in GigaSpaces (GSA, GSM, GSC, LUS) and generate a dump of them (stored locally to each runtime component). Then, the DumpResult can be used to download all the dump information, from all the different runtime components, into a file.

The above example generates dump that will include a simple “summary” information (JVM information and stats, for example), a thread dump, all the logs associated with the given runtime component, and all the processing unit instances running (applied to a GSC).

Dump Provider

Most of the elements within the Admin API implement the DumpProvider interface, allowing to generate dump information. This include discrete elements such as GridServiceContainer, or GridServiceManager, but also includes compound elements such as GridServiceManagers and even Admin. This means that quite easily, a dump for a one or more runtime components already grouped by the Admin API can be easily performed. Here are some examples:

Admin admin = new AdminFactory().addGroup("myGroup").createAdmin();

// wait a bit for components to be discovered (or use waitFor) ...

// dump all the GSMs
DumpResult dumpResult = admin.getGridServiceManagers().dump("reason comes here", null,
                                "summary", "thread", "log", "processingUnits");
dumpResult.download(new File("target/gsms.zip"), null);

// dump all the GSCs
dumpResult = admin.getGridServiceContainers().dump("reason comes here", null,
                                "summary", "thread", "log", "processingUnits");
dumpResult.download(new File("target/gscs.zip"), null);

dumpResult = admin.getZones().getByName("zoneA").dump("reason comes here", null,
                                "summary", "thread", "log", "processingUnits");
dumpResult.download(new File("target/zoneA.zip"), null);

If the natural grouping provided by the admin API is not enough, then the CompoundDumpResult can be used in order to accumulate dump results. Here is an example:

CompoundDumpResult dumpResult = new CompoundDumpResult();
dumpResult.add(gridServiceContainer1.dump(...));
dumpResult.add(gridServiceManager2.dump(...));
dumpResult.add(gridServiceAgent3.dump(...));

dumpResult.download(new File("target/compound.zip", null);

Dump Processors

The dump process occurs in stages within the runtime component. Each stage is called a processor and the following is a list of all the different processors:

  • summary: General summary information of the process.
  • network: Information on the network layer of the process and the OS network stats.
  • thread: Thread dump of the process.
  • heap: Heap dump of the process. Note, this is a heavy operation and can produce very large dump files.
  • log: Adds all the log files of the process to the dump file.
  • processingUnits: Dump of all the processing units (applicable only for GSCs) information.

The log process is the only processor that takes into account the context (Map) that can be passed as part of the dump command. It tries to find under the logEntryMatcher key a LogEntryMatcher that will be used to filter out just relevant parts of the log files to be returned. If no matcher is provided, all the log files will be returned. Here is an example of specifying a log entry matcher:

Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<String, Object>();
context.put("logEntryMatcher", lastN(200));
DumpResult dumpResult = admin.generateDump("test", context, "summary", "log");

The above code will generate a dump, including the last 200 log entries which the log dump processor will process.

Dump UI

You may use the GigaSpaces Management Center to generate a dump file that includes information about the runtime GigaSpaces environment for a specific GSC or across the entire environment. Start the GS-UI , move into the Hosts tab and select the relevant option: Full environment dump:

dump0.jpg

Specific machine dump:

dump1.jpg

Specific GSC dump:

dump3.jpg

Any of the above will display the following dialog. Place the location of the dump file , select the desired options and click the Generate button.

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Tip

Make sure the user that started the GS-UI has write permissions to the location of the dump file.

Dump File Structure

The dump file structure would look like this:

dump_file.zip

    gsa-10.10.10.249-23610--1284928573201
        network.txt
        summary.txt
        threads.txt
        logs
            2010-09-19~08.22-gigaspaces-gsa-10.10.10.249-23610.log

    gsc-10.10.10.249-23739--1284928573169
        network.txt
        summary.txt
        threads.txt
        logs
            2010-09-19~08.22-gigaspaces-gsc_1-10.10.10.249-23739.log
        processing-units
            space
                1
                    pu.xml
                    spaces
                        space
                            summary.txt

    gsc-10.10.10.249-23766--1284928573079
        network.txt
        summary.txt
        threads.txt
        logs
            2010-09-19~08.22-gigaspaces-gsc_2-10.10.10.249-23766.log
        processing-units
            mirror
                1
                    pu.xml
                    spaces
                        mirror
                            summary.txt
            space
                1_1
                    pu.xml
                    spaces
                        space
                            summary.txt

    gsm-10.10.10.249-24112--1284928573193
        network.txt
        summary.txt
        threads.txt
        logs
            2010-09-19~08.22-gigaspaces-gsm_3-10.10.10.249-24112.log
    lus-10.10.10.249-24127--1284928573201
        network.txt
        summary.txt
        threads.txt
        logs
            2010-09-19~08.22-gigaspaces-lus_4-10.10.10.249-24127.log