en-US/increase-management-server-max-memory.xml

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<section id="increase-management-server-max-memory">
    <title>Increase Management Server Maximum Memory</title>
    <para>If the Management Server is subject to high demand, the default maximum JVM memory allocation can be insufficient. To increase the memory:</para>
    <orderedlist>
        <listitem><para>Edit the Tomcat configuration file:</para><programlisting>/etc/cloudstack/management/tomcat6.conf</programlisting></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Change the command-line parameter -XmxNNNm to a higher value of N.</para><para>For example, if the current value is -Xmx128m, change it to -Xmx1024m or higher.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>To put the new setting into effect, restart the Management Server.</para><programlisting># service cloudstack-management restart</programlisting></listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    <para>For more information about memory issues, see "FAQ: Memory" at <ulink url="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Memory">Tomcat Wiki.</ulink></para>
</section>