Jenkins Java VM error when running a Maven test - Unrecognized VM option 'MaxPermSize-128m'
java, jenkins, jvm, maven
Solution
How did you expect to set the maximum to a negative value? I think you wanted
-XX:MaxPermSize=128m
-- Update ---
Ok, so you have fixed this, but the build still fails.
Look into the "workspace cleanup plugin", and if it is not installed, install it and activate it. The workspace cleanup plugin will remove evidence of prior builds from the workspace before launch. Odds are that the configuration is stored to file, and then referenced from file immediately prior to launch.
You could move into the workspace directories and grep for the "minus 128" version of the command and alter it by hand, but by using the plugin you also avoid future similar issues.
Problem
The problem is, we changed that from `MaxPermSize-128m` to `MaxPermSize=128m` but the system keeps giving us that error: We even restarted Jenkins. Is it caching something, or there is more than one place where this setting should be changed? ``` [workspace] $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize-128m -cp /mnt/www/jenkins/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-agent-1.3.jar:/mnt/www/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/Maven_3.1.0/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.4.2.jar org.jvnet.hudson.maven3.agent.Maven3Main /mnt/www/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/Maven_3.1.0 /var/cache/jenkins/war/WEB-INF/lib/remoting-2.28.jar /mnt/www/jenkins/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-interceptor-1.3.jar 55896 Unrecognized VM option 'MaxPermSize-128m' Could not create the Java virtual machine. ERROR: Failed to launch Maven. Exit code = 1 ``` the output of 'ps -ef | grep java' is: ``` root 3509 1 0 Jul12 ? 00:07:17 /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/exec/elasticsearch-linux-x86-64 /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/elasticsearch.conf wrapper.syslog.ident=elasticsearch wrapper.pidfile=/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/./elasticsearch.pid wrapper.name=elasticsearch wrapper.displayname=ElasticSearch wrapper.daemonize=TRUE wrapper.statusfile=/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/./elasticsearch.status wrapper.java.statusfile=/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/./elasticsearch.java.status wrapper.script.version=3.5.14 root 3511 3509 0 Jul12 ? 00:45:11 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java -Delasticsearch-service -Des.path.home=/usr/local/share/elasticsearch -Xss256k -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -Djava.library.path=/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/lib -classpath /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/lib/wrapper.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch-0.19.11.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch-0.19.11.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/jna-3.3.0.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-analyzers-3.6.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-core-3.6.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-highlighter-3.6.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-memory-3.6.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-queries-3.6.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar:/usr/local/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/sigar-1.6.4.jar -Dwrapper.key=b1QUXxfrVfakmb6w -Dwrapper.port=32000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.min=31000 -Dwrapper.jvm.port.max=31999 -Dwrapper.disable_console_input=TRUE -Dwrapper.pid=3509 -Dwrapper.version=3.5.14 -Dwrapper.native_library=wrapper -Dwrapper.service=TRUE -Dwrapper.cpu.timeout=10 -Dwrapper.jvmid=1 org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearchF jenkins 20372 1 0 08:17 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/daemon --name=jenkins --inherit --env=JENKINS_HOME=/mnt/www/jenkins --output=/var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log --pidfile=/var/run/jenkins/jenkins.pid -- /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 jenkins 20373 20372 23 13:20 ? 00:05:51 /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 root 29403 28220 0 13:45 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto java ```