Removing dump agents

You can remove all default dump agents and any preceding dump options by using -Xdump:none.

The following syntax diagram shows you how you can use the none option:


-Xdump command-line syntax: the none option

>>--Xdump:------------------------------------------------------>

              .-,---------------------------.                    
              |           .-+-----------.   |                    
              V           V             |   |                    
>--+-none---:---+-events=-----<event>---+-+-+----------------+-><
   |            +-exec=<command>----------+                  |   
   |            +-file=<filename>---------+                  |   
   |            +-filter=<filter>---------+                  |   
   |            +-opts=<options>----------+                  |   
   |            +-priority=<0-999>--------+                  |   
   |            +-range=<ranges>----------+                  |   
   |            '-request=<requests>------'                  |   
   |                       .-,---------------------------.   |   
   | .-+-------.           |           .-+-----------.   |   |   
   | V         |           V           V             |   |   |   
   '---<agent>-+-:none---:---+-events=-----<event>---+-+-+---'   
                             +-exec=<command>----------+         
                             +-file=<filename>---------+         
                             +-filter=<filter>---------+         
                             +-opts=<options>----------+         
                             +-priority=<0-999>--------+         
                             +-range=<ranges>----------+         
                             '-request=<requests>------'

Use this option so that you can subsequently specify a completely new dump configuration.

You can also remove dump agents of a particular type. Here are some examples:

To turn off all Heapdumps (including default agents) but leave Javadump enabled, use the following option:

-Xdump:java+heap:events=vmstop -Xdump:heap:none

To turn off all dump agents for corruptcache events:

-Xdump:none:events=corruptcache

To turn off just system dumps for corruptcache events:

-Xdump:system:none:events=corruptcache

To turn off all dumps when java/lang/OutOfMemory error is thrown:

-Xdump:none:events=systhrow,filter=java/lang/OutOfMemoryError

To turn off just system dumps when java/lang/OutOfMemory error is thrown:

-Xdump:system:none:events=systhrow,filter=java/lang/OutOfMemoryError

If you remove all dump agents using -Xdump:none with no further -Xdump options, the JVM still provides these basic diagnostic outputs:

If a user signal (kill -QUIT) is sent to the JVM, a brief listing of the Java™ threads including their stacks, status, and monitor information is written to stderr.
If a crash occurs, information about the location of the crash, JVM options, and native and Java stack traces are written to stderr. A system dump is also written to the user's home directory.

Tip: Removing dump agents and specifying a new dump configuration can require a long set of command-line options. To reuse command-line options, save the new dump configuration in a file and use the -Xoptionsfile option. See Specifying command-line options for more information on using a command-line options file.