Generating heap dump in WAS

1. Start the wsadmin scripting client. You have several options to run scripting commands, ranging from running them interactively to running them in a profile. 2. Invoke the generateHeapDump operation on a JVM MBean, for example, - Finding JVM objectName: <wsadmin> set objectName [$AdminControl queryNames WebSphere:type=JVM,process=<servername>,node=<nodename>,*]  - Invoking the generateHeapDump operation on JVM Mbean: <wsadmin> $AdminControl invoke $objectName generateHeapDump where,  $ is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value invoke is the command generateHeapDump is the operation you are invoking <servername> is the name of the server on which you want to generate a heap dump <nodename> is the node to which <servername> belongs 3. Important to AMD 64-bit users: You must specify the -Xtrace option to take heap dumps.