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Issue with DPA running on ESX servers with a compatibility setting of ESX 3.4 or 4

DPA running on certain VM environments might not run because of a bug in Java 14.

First published date

4/3/2020 4:45 AM

Last published date

1/30/2025 4:07 PM

Overview

If you attempt to run DPA on ESX servers as a virtual machine with a compatibility setting of ESX 3.4 or 4, DPA might not start.

Product section

Database Performance Analyzer

Cause

Because of a Java 14 bug, a missing avx CPU flag might prevent DPA from starting. For more information about the bugs, see:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8239933 (solved in JDK14.0.1)
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238596 (solved in JDK11.0.8)

(Content provided by OpenJDK, available at https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/, obtained on March 27, 2020.)

Resolution

Do one of the following:

Update your VM compatibility version to the latest one (for example, 6.7).
Upgrade JDK to a version in which the bug is fixed (11.0.8 or 14.0.1).
Add -XX:UseAvx=0 property to JAVA_OPTS for your JDK.

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