Trigger new memory dump by schedule or by API call

[Romanenkov_Alex]

Hello community!

Can i trigger new memory dump by schedule or by Dynatrace API call?

I have tried to look throw documentation, but can`t find something.

Please confirm that there is no such functional or correct me. Thank you.

Regards,

Alexander

[janusz_dabrowsk · Accepted solution]

Hi Aleksander,
we currently do not plan to trigger memory dumps this way.

[Romanenkov_Alex]

Janusz, thank you for confirmation and fast response!

[Babar_Qayyum]

Hello @Janusz D.

Do we have any road map for this important requirement?

Regards,

Babar

[paul_ingle]

Is this capability still ruled out? On the roadmap? This would be very helpful for my customer Social Security Administration 

[monitoringteam1]

Any news about this topic? I would like to underline how much important this feature is in prod envs where we cannot think to trigger them manually: https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Dynatrace-Open-Q-A/Memory-Dump-for-Memory-Leak-analysis-Best-Prac...

[lukas_boesch]

It's also quite important in our company. We don't have Java 11 yet and therefore can't use continuous profiling features yet. Possibility to automatically trigger memory dumps based on certain criteria/thresholds or schedule is a big requirement for us. 

[monitoringteam1]

Just to notify that, currently we are using the JVM parameter: -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

It is the ootb way we can force the JVM to trigger a dump. It would be great if Dynatrace is at least aware of these dump. This way we can use the download feature offered by DT to manage them

[justinc]

Hello, we are implementing automation which require triggering a memory dump of a pod via API once it has been identified as a problem.

Therefore we are also requiring API access to triggering, viewing, and getting memory dumps.

Please implement this feature.