Installing Eclipse Memory Analyser Tool for Heap Dump Analysis

Following are instructions to install the Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool for java heap dump analysis

Download required files to install Memory Analyzer

1. Download Memory Analyzer from http://www.eclipse.org/mat/downloads.php(~ 40 MB)
2. Download the Memory Analyzer Extension Pack zipped update site from https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/webcontent/uuid/c065b342-285c-2d10-559b-dffbb1aa5904 (~ 1 MB)
3. If analysing .phd files, download IBM's Diagnostic Tool Framework for Java zipped update site from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/java/support/tools/dtfj/dtfj-updatesite.zip (~ 2 MB)

Configure Memory Analyser properties

Extract Memory Analyser zip file and open MemoryAnalyzer.ini. Change -Xmx1024m to a value to reflect the amount of free memory in your PC.

Double-click on MemoryAnalyzer.exe to start Memory Analyser Tool

Install IBM DTFJ and SAP NW extensions

1. Go to Help --> Software Updates --> Find and Install



2. Select Search for new features to install and click Next



3. Click on New Archived Sites and browse to MemoryAnalyzer-extensions-update-site.zip





4. Similarly select dtfj-updatesite.zip and click Next



5. Read and accept the license agreements and click Next



6. Click Finish to install the extensions



7. Click Install All to ignore the warning



8. Restart Memory Analyser to reflect changes.


Leak Suspects analysed on a sample .hprof heap dump:

Other Tools for Heap Dump Analysis:

HeapAnalyzer: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/heapanalyzer
Heap Analyzer Tool (HAT): https://hat.dev.java.net/
VisualVM: https://visualvm.dev.java.net/

More Resources

FAQ on MAT
SDN Forum: Memory Analyzer
Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse
How to use SAP Heap Dump Analyzer