This article provides a method to fix the GC overhead limit exceeded error.
FortiSIEM.
User performing VMSDK pull events may encounter the error 'Execution failed: failed to connect: GC overhead limit exceeded'. The error can be found in Admin -> Setup -> Pull Events:
This error indicates the JVM is unable to free up memory during the GC process. The value can be increased via the command below:
#vi /opt/phoenix/bin/runJavaAgent.sh
Change the value in Line 14 from 2048M to 8192:
Before:
# exec …..- Xmx2048M -….."$@"
After:
# exec …..- Xmx8192M -….."$@"
Save the changes:
# :wq
After that, pull events should start working normally.
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