Host Issues

Logs Display java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

If your logs display java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space, adjust the Java Heap memory settings.

To adjust the Java Heap memory settings, repeat the following steps for every host running an Ops Manager instance except dedicated Backup Daemon hosts:

1. Open mms.conf in your preferred text editor.

2. Find this line:

   JAVA_MMS_UI_OPTS="${JAVA_MMS_UI_OPTS} -Xss228k -Xmx4352m -Xms4352m -XX:NewSize=600m -Xmn1500m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"

   Key	Value	Default
   -Xmx	Java Heap Maximum Memory	4,352 MB (4352m)
   -Xms	Java Heap Starting Memory	4,352 MB (4352m)
   -Xmn	Java Heap Young Generation Memory	1,500 MB (1500m)

   Warning

   Do not change other Java options

   Changing any option values other than -Xmx, -Xms, and -Xmn could have an unexpected impact on the Ops Manager Application. Do not change other values without consulting MongoDB Support.

3. Change the -Xmx, -Xms, and Xmn values:

   • Change the -Xmx and -Xms values to a larger value. You should set both parameters to the same value to remove any performance impact from the VM constantly reclaiming memory from the heap.

   • Change the -Xmn value to a quarter of the value that you specified for the -Xmx and -Xms keys.

   Specify the values as #k|m|g: a number followed by:

   • k (kilobytes),

   • m (megabytes), or

   • g (gigabytes)

   Example

   To set the Java Heap to 12 GB, set the values to: -Xmx12g -Xms12g -Xmn3g.

4. Restart each host running an Ops Manager instance on which you made these changes.

The optimal value for your Ops Manager installation depends upon your Ops Manager hosts' architecture: platform, physical memory, etc. The goal of heap tuning is to balance the time the JVM spends reclaiming memory from objects that are no longer running, also known as garbage collection, and the frequency of garbage collection.

• Large heap sizes mean less frequent and slower garbage collection.

• Small heap sizes mean more frequent and faster garbage collection.

Logs Display java.lang.StackOverflowError

If your logs display java.lang.StackOverflowError, adjust the Java stack memory settings.

To adjust the Java stack memory settings, repeat the following steps for every host running an Ops Manager instance except dedicated Backup Daemon hosts:

1. Open mms.conf in your preferred text editor.

2. Find this line:

   JAVA_MMS_UI_OPTS="${JAVA_MMS_UI_OPTS} -Xss228k -Xmx4352m -Xms4352m -XX:NewSize=600m -Xmn1500m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"

   The key values in this line are:

   Key	Value
   -Xss	Java Stack Size

   By default, this value is set to 228 KB (228k).

   Warning

   Do not change other Java options

   Changing any option value other than -Xss could have an unexpected impact on the Ops Manager Application. Do not change other values without consulting MongoDB Support.

3. Change -Xss228k to -Xss1m (1 MB).

Increase User Limits

For the recommended User Limit (ulimit) setting, see the FAQ on Receive "Host has low open file limits" or "Too many open files" error messages.

Ops Manager infers the host's ulimit setting using the total number of available and current connections. To learn more about ulimit in MongoDB, see the UNIX ulimit Settings reference page in the MongoDB manual.

Ensure Sufficient RAM for All Components

Ensure that each server has enough RAM for the components it runs. If a server runs multiple components, its RAM must be at least the sum of the required amount of RAM for each component.

To learn about the individual RAM requirements for the Ops Manager Application server, Ops Manager Application Database, Backup Daemon server, and Backup Database, see Ops Manager System Requirements.

Obsolete Config Settings

Ops Manager fails to start if there are obsolete configuration settings set in the conf-mms.properties file. If there is an obsolete setting, the log lists an Obsolete Setting error as in the following:

You will need to remove or replace the obsolete property in the conf-mms.properties file before you can start Ops Manager.

Expired Hosts in Admin Console

The Overview page of the Admin Console displays the hosts that serve Ops Manager. Each host should respond to regular pings that Ops Manager sends as part of monitoring.

Ops Manager marks a host that doesn't respond to pings after 30 minutes as expired. Processes on an expired host display in red. When the hostname for a monitored host changes, Ops Manager lists the host twice: once with its current hostname and once with its prior hostname. The hostname changes for one of two reasons:

This occurs when the hostname for a monitored host changes. The hostname changes for one of two reasons:

• A cloud service provider returns an external hostname instead of an internal hostname for the same host.

• A user may have changed the hostname on the host.

To remove the expired host:

1. Hover over the process in Servers tab of the Overview page.

2. Click the icon that displays.

The host remains in the host list using its new hostname.