Opcenter Execution Electronics IoT - MSS (Valor IoT manufacturing - Shopfloor) How to increase Java heap space in case of out of memory exception when loading a recipe

Introduction

When working with large datasets or complex operations in Java applications, you might encounter out-of-memory exceptions. These exceptions typically occur when the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) cannot allocate enough memory for objects, leading to application crashes or unresponsive behavior.

Symptoms

Symptoms of an out-of-memory exception can include:

• Error messages on SFM indicating an out-of-memory exception.
• SFM hanging and not responding.
• Failure to display the feeder list.

In the driver log, the exception might appear as follows:

2024-06-26 15:33:34.924 ERROR [c.m.v.d.b.drivers.kns.ws.AsmbServiceSoapImpl       <BaseDriverScheduler-2> ] Fail to prepare SOAP message for logging. Continue handling without logging. 
com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.SOAPExceptionImpl: Error during saving a multipart message
    at com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.soap.MessageImpl.saveChanges(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.soap.MessageImpl.writeTo(Unknown Source)
    at com.mentor.valor.da.blackbox.drivers.kns.ws.AsmbServiceSoapImpl.printRawMessage(AsmbServiceSoapImpl.java:89)
    at com.mentor.valor.da.blackbox.drivers.kns.ws.AsmbServiceSoapImpl.getData(AsmbServiceSoapImpl.java:231)
    at com.mentor.valor.da.blackbox.drivers.kns.ws.CamxReceiver.pollData(CamxReceiver.java:158)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor76.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.scheduling.support.ScheduledMethodRunnable.run(ScheduledMethodRunnable.java:84)
    at org.springframework.scheduling.support.DelegatingErrorHandlingRunnable.run(DelegatingErrorHandlingRunnable.java:54)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Solution

To resolve the out-of-memory exception, you need to increase the Java heap space. Follow these steps:

• Connect to the box (mobaxterm / putty)
• Go to /opt/scada/bc-controller/
• Open for edit the file: watchdogConfig.yml

• Find the section that defines the specific driver
  
  
• Change the -Xms & -Xmx values from 256m to 1024m
• Save the file

The driver should automatically restart. If it didn’t – restart it from MSS WS. 

Verify that the change took place:

Open the driver log and find at the beginning of the log the raw that starts with: JVM arguments:

It should contain the new values for -Xms & -Xmx