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get_software_versions failing because of missing version files. #885

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@maxibor

(At least) on our EVA SGE cluster, the get_software_versions process is sometimes failing because of a lack of memory for the Java Virtual machine used by some programs (bug also reported by @alexhbnr and @arthurKocher ).

The .command.log contains this error:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
Unable to allocate 65536KB bitmaps for parallel garbage collection for the requested 2097152KB heap.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Two solutions to that:

  • The quick fix: Increase the memory for the get_software_versions process
  • The real fix: specify the Java virtual machine memory in the get_software_versions for the tools that use a JVM (with -J-Xmx${task.memory.toGiga()}g )

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