https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-are-the-possibilities-to-achieve-Thread-Dump-amp-Heap-Dump/m-p/626528#M217760 <P>You don't ask for "all" possibilities because there are too many, albeit enumerable. &nbsp;The usual way to collect thread dump would be to run kill -3 periodically and just collect JVM logs. (I assume that you really want to collect data at predetermined intervals.) &nbsp;Then, use Splunk to find them. &nbsp;Alternatively, you can run jstack and dump output to files, then use forwarder to collect those files. &nbsp;Alternatively, you can send output to HEC or Splunk API.</P><P>To collect heap dump, I assume that you just want histograms, not full object dumps. (The latter is destructive.) &nbsp;One way to do this is to run jmap periodically and dump output to a file, then use forwarder to collect those files. &nbsp;Another way is to run those commands then send output to HEC, or Splunk API.</P> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:01:56 GMT yuanliu 2023-01-10T08:01:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-are-the-possibilities-to-achieve-Thread-Dump-amp-Heap-Dump/m-p/626502#M217751 <P>Hi All,</P> <P>I need to collect "Thread Dump" and "Heap Dump" of the application into Splunk.&nbsp; What are all the possibilities to achieve it?</P> Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:12:17 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-are-the-possibilities-to-achieve-Thread-Dump-amp-Heap-Dump/m-p/626502#M217751 ramanan 2023-01-11T16:12:17Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-are-the-possibilities-to-achieve-Thread-Dump-amp-Heap-Dump/m-p/626528#M217760 <P>You don't ask for "all" possibilities because there are too many, albeit enumerable. &nbsp;The usual way to collect thread dump would be to run kill -3 periodically and just collect JVM logs. (I assume that you really want to collect data at predetermined intervals.) &nbsp;Then, use Splunk to find them. &nbsp;Alternatively, you can run jstack and dump output to files, then use forwarder to collect those files. &nbsp;Alternatively, you can send output to HEC or Splunk API.</P><P>To collect heap dump, I assume that you just want histograms, not full object dumps. (The latter is destructive.) &nbsp;One way to do this is to run jmap periodically and dump output to a file, then use forwarder to collect those files. &nbsp;Another way is to run those commands then send output to HEC, or Splunk API.</P> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:01:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-are-the-possibilities-to-achieve-Thread-Dump-amp-Heap-Dump/m-p/626528#M217760 yuanliu 2023-01-10T08:01:56Z