ZAM Error: "java.lang.OutOfMemory" when exporting to Excel

  • 3775807
  • 15-Nov-2007
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management - ZAM7.5
Novell ZENworks Asset Management 7 - ZAM7
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Apache Tomcat 5.0

Situation

When exporting reports from the ZENworks Asset Manager Web Console to Excel spreadsheet format, if a large number of records are selected, the system returns the following error:  java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

Resolution

Increase the amount of memory available to the Tomcat application. If using Tomcat 5 or higher, change the maximum memory available to Tomcat in the following location: C:\Tomcat5\bin\Tomcat5w.exe, Java tab, set the "Maximum Memory Pool" value, 1024 MB is therecommended value for most installations.