Websphere Diagnostic & Tuning Tools : IBM Support Assistant Workbench

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IBM Database Connection Pool Analyzer IBM Database Connection Pool Analyzer helps you to resolve JDBC connection pool related problems through its heuristic analysis engine.
HeapAnalyzer HeapAnalyzer finds possible memory leaks in the Java heap
IBM Pattern Modeling and Analysis Tool IBM Pattern Modeling and Analysis Tool for Java Garbage Collector (PMAT) parses IBM verbose GC trace, analyzes Java heap usage, and recommends key configurations based on pattern modeling of Java heap usage.  Only verbose GC traces generated from IBM JDKs are supported.
IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer for Java allows identification of hangs, deadlocks, resource contention, and bottlenecks in Java threads. TMDA is a tech preview.
IBM Trace & Request Analyzer A tool that detects delays and hangs in WebSphere(R) trace and HTTP plug-in trace.
IBM Web Server Plug-in Analyzer (WSPA) IBM Web Server Plug-in Analyzer (WSPA) for WebSphere Application Server

allows you to find request/response delays, configuration issue, errors, statistics and HTTP return codes

from WebSphere trace files.

The Memory Dump Diagnostic for Java The Memory Dump Diagnostic for Java tool analyzes common formats of memory dumps (heap dumps) from the virtual machine (JVM) that is running the WebSphere Application Server or any other stand-alone Java application. The analysis of memory dumps is targeted towards identifying data structures within the Java heap that might be root causes of memory leaks. The analysis also identifies major contributors to the Java heap footprint of the application and their ownership relationship. The tool is capable of analyzing very large sized memory dumps (will require 2 GB or more RAM) obtained from production environment application servers encountering OutOfMemoryError issues
ThreadAnalyzer ThreadAnalyzer is deprecated and will not be updated in the future. Please use the recommended tool IBM Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer for Java.

ThreadAnalyzer provides analysis for Java Thread dumps (or Javacores) such as those from WebSphere Application Server. Thread usage can be analyzed at several different levels, starting with a high-level graphical view, and drilling down to a detailed tally of individual threads. If any deadlocks exist in the thread dump, ThreadAnalyzer will detect and report them.

Dump Analyzer IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for JavaTM – Dump Analyzer

This tool runs a variety of specialized analyzers to extract information from a JVM system dump (core file).

It can process dumps from any recent IBM software development kit (1.4.2 or 5.0) from any IBM Supported platform (AIX, Windows, Linux, iSeries, zSeries, … )

Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer The IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for JavaTM – Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer is a verbose GC data visualizer. The GC and Memory Visualizer parses and plots various log types including verbose GC logs, -Xtgc output, native memory logs (output from ps, svmon and perfmon).

It provides:

-           a graphical display of a wide range of verbose GC data values

-           tuning recommendations and detection of problems such as memory leaks

-           report, raw log, tabulated data and graph views

-           saving of data to HTML reports, jpeg images, or .csv files (for export to spreadsheets)

Health Center The IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Health Center is a lightweight tool that monitors active IBM Virtual Machines for Java with minimal performance overhead. The Health Center suggests live tuning recommendations for garbage collection, profiles methods including call stacks, and highlights

contended locks.

Memory Analyzer IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for JavaTM – Memory Analyzer is a fast and feature-rich Java heap analyzer that helps you find memory leaks and reduce memory consumption
Log Analyzer Log Analyzer is a graphical user interface which provides a single point of contact for browsing, analyzing, and correlating logs produced by multiple products. Logs can be imported from IBM Support Assistant’s Case and Topology managers.  In addition to importing log files from multiple products, Log Analyzer enables you to import and select symptom catalogs against which log files can be analyzed and correlated.
The Memory Dump Diagnostic for Java (MDD4J) The Memory Dump Diagnostic for Java tool analyzes common formats of memory dumps (heap dumps) from the virtual machine (JVM) that is running the WebSphere Application Server or any other stand-alone Java application. The analysis of memory dumps is targeted towards identifying data structures within the Java heap that might be root causes of memory leaks. The analysis also identifies major contributors to the Java heap footprint of the application and their ownership relationship. The tool is capable of analyzing very large sized memory dumps (will require 2 GB or more RAM) obtained from production environment application servers encountering OutOfMemoryError issues.
Symptom Editor Symptom Editor enables you to create and maintain symptom catalogs and symptom definitions that comply with the Symptoms Reference Specification, Version 2.0 and the Symptoms Best Practices, Version 2.0.

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