JHAT cannot analyze a memory dump

Question

I have a Memory Dump file and JHAT gives the following message and I cannot analyze anything (as no data is displayed.

 Resolving 0 objects...

WARNING:  hprof file does not include java.lang.Class!

WARNING:  hprof file does not include java.lang.String!

WARNING:  hprof file does not include java.lang.ClassLoader!

Does this mean the hprof file is incomplete or corrupt?

I am using
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" option in my tomcat.

Have you tried opening this dump with another profiler (e.g. YourKit?) — mindas, Jan 01 '11 at 23:51
YourKit has a trial version that you can use for 30 days (or so). Try that first. — kevinarpe, Oct 19 '15 at 08:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '11 at 15:58

I just came across this same issue with my own heap dump.

jhat shows the warnings you describe, and there's no useful data displayed
Eclipse MAT complains about a NullPointerException
VisualVM can't open the heap dump file at all

It looks like this happens when there is not enough disk space at the time that the heap is dumped, so the file is indeed incomplete/corrupt.

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1175621&tstart=135

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '15 at 08:31

I have the same problem today. To clarify, I am using the option heap=sites which is different than a memory dump. I also get the same messages from jhat and jvisualvm. It is possible that jhat does not support reading HPROF files created by heap=sites mode.

JHAT cannot analyze a memory dump

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