Managing VMware GemFire describes how to plan and implement tasks associated with managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting VMware GemFire.
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VMware GemFire Management and Monitoring
VMware GemFire provides APIs and tools for managing your distributed system and monitoring the health of your distributed system members.
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Managing Heap and Off-heap Memory
By default, VMware GemFire uses the JVM heap. VMware GemFire also offers an option to store data off heap. This section describes how to manage heap and off-heap memory to best support your application.
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With VMware GemFire disk stores, you can persist data to disk as a backup to your in-memory copy and overflow data to disk when memory use gets too high.
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Snapshots allow you to save region data and reload it later. A typical use case is loading data from one environment into another, such as capturing data from a production system and moving it into a smaller QA or development system.
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This section describes region compression, its benefits and usage.
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VMware GemFire architecture and management features help detect and resolve network partition problems.
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The security framework establishes trust by authenticating components and members upon connection. It facilitates the authorization of operations.
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Performance Tuning and Configuration
A collection of tools and controls allow you to monitor and adjust VMware GemFire performance.
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Comprehensive logging messages help you confirm system configuration and debug problems in configuration and code.
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Every application and server in a distributed system can access statistical data about VMware GemFire operations. You can configure the gathering of statistics by using the
alter runtimecommand ofgfshor in thegemfire.propertiesfile to facilitate system analysis and troubleshooting. -
Troubleshooting and System Recovery
This section provides strategies for handling common errors and failure situations.
