how to resolve java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded in Weblogic?

Question

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at atg.nucleus.ServiceAdminServlet.printMethodInvocation(ServiceAdminServlet.java:1478)
    at atg.nucleus.ServiceAdminServlet.service(ServiceAdminServlet.java:256)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:844)
    at atg.nucleus.Nucleus.service(Nucleus.java:3050)
    at atg.nucleus.Nucleus.service(Nucleus.java:2950)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.DispatcherPipelineServletImpl.service(DispatcherPipelineServletImpl.java:253)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.ServletPathPipelineServlet.service(ServletPathPipelineServlet.java:208)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.security.ExpiredPasswordAdminServlet.service(ExpiredPasswordAdminServlet.java:312)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.BasicAuthenticationPipelineServlet.service(BasicAuthenticationPipelineServlet.java:555)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.DynamoPipelineServlet.service(DynamoPipelineServlet.java:491)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.dtm.TransactionPipelineServlet.service(TransactionPipelineServlet.java:249)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.SecurityServlet.service(SecurityServlet.java:200)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.passRequest(PipelineableServletImpl.java:157)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.HeadPipelineServlet.passRequest(HeadPipelineServlet.java:1294)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.HeadPipelineServlet.service(HeadPipelineServlet.java:963)
    at atg.servlet.pipeline.PipelineableServletImpl.service(PipelineableServletImpl.java:272)
    at atg.nucleus.servlet.NucleusProxyServlet.service(NucleusProxyServlet.java:238)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:844)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:280)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:254)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:136)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:346)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:243)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.wrapRun(WebAppServletContext.java:3432)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3402)
    at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
    at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
    at weblogic.servlet.provider.WlsSubjectHandle.run(WlsSubjectHandle.java:57)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.doSecuredExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2285)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2201)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2179)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1572)
    at weblogic.servlet.provider.ContainerSupportProviderImpl$WlsRequestExecutor.run(ContainerSupportProviderImpl.java:255)
    at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:311)
    at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:263)
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

I am trying to delete a large amount of data,getting this on my local system,how to resolve this.using weblogic 12c, oracle atg .Getting the above error on dyn/admin and getting the below error on cmd prompt Exception in thread "[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded .

Answer 1

That exception + message means that your JVM has decided that too much time is being expended on garbage collection ... relative to doing useful work. It normally means that the heap is nearly full, and the GC is running with increasing frequency in a (usually) vain attempt to keep going.

Depending on the situation, the possible solutions are:

1. Get more physical memory so that increase the heap size.
2. Find and fix any memory leaks.
3. Make the problem smaller.

In your case making the problem smaller might involve reducing the number of objects that you are deleting in each transaction.