IBM WebSphere - Verbose garbage collection (verbosegc native_stderr.log native_stdout.log)

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Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: June 15 2021
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Follow these steps to enable or disable verbose garbage collection. When enabled, garbage collection events will be written to the application servers native_stderr.log.
- In the WebSphere admin console, select Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers.
- Select the application server that will write verbose garbage collection events to the native_stderr.log.
- Expand Java and Process Management and select Process definition.
- Select Java Virtual Machine.
- Check Verbose Garbage Collection to enable garbage collection.
- Select OK.
- Select Save.
Restart the application server for this change to take effect.
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