Performance snapshots allow ALM Works support team to analyze performance-related problems on your JIRA server without direct access to it. |
Download and install Atlas-Yourkit plugin.Get the latest version from this page. In JIRA 4.3 and later, you can install this plugin without JIRA restart. The performance analysis plugin and redistributed parts of YourKit profiler are free, but if you'd like to analyze the performance snapshots yourself, you'll need to obtain YourKit license and download YourKit software (they provide a free evaluation period).
Load Profiling Agent
Capturing CPU Performance SnapshotAfter profiling agent is loaded, you can click Start CPU Sampling on the YourKit page, then perform the actions that make JIRA slow, or wait for some time to collect the statistics. When finished, click Stop CPU Sampling. Performance snapshot will be saved to a directory within your JIRA Home, and the path will be shown on the YourKit page. Capturing Memory SnapshotClick "Take Memory Snapshot" - memory dump will be collected and saved in a file under your JIRA Home. Do not take memory snapshots unless you need to!
Sending the Snapshots to Support TeamBy default, snapshots are written into Please send the ZIP to us as described here: Sending Files to Support Team. After Profiling SessionThere's no way to unload the profiling agent. You may want to continue running JIRA with the profiling agent loaded, since it does not product much overhead. (Make sure you have stopped all the monitoring.) For a safer / cleaner environment, you can restart JIRA. (If you made additional effort to enable profiler agent in |