Configuring JVM options for DataStax Enterprise using Lifecycle Manager

Configure JVM options from within Lifecycle Manager.

Configure JVM options for DataStax Enterprise (DSE) from within Lifecycle Manager (LCM).
Note: The jvm.options file is available for DSE versions 5.1 and later.

For more information on JVM, see Tuning Java Virtual Machine.

Procedure

  1. Click Config Profiles from the Lifecycle Manager navigation menu.
  2. Click the edit icon for the configuration profile you want to edit, or click Add config profile if you have not already added a config profile.
  3. In the Config Profile pane under the Lifecycle Manager section, click jvm.options.
    The General JVM Parameters pane for configuring JVM options appears.

  4. Adjust the default settings as appropriate for your environment.
    Tip: Click Show Field Descriptions to view available tooltips for fields.

    Show/hide field descriptions

  5. Arbitrary JVM options can be passed to DSE on startup. To configure any additional JVM options required for your environment, scroll down to the Advanced pane and click + Add an item. Enter a single option in each box exactly as it would appear as a Java command-line argument. For example:

    -XX:MaxJavaStackTraceDepth=1000

    -Dcassandra.max_queued_native_transport_requests=1024

    Advanced additional JVM options in LCM config profile

  6. Click Save to save the Config Profile.

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