Adding JVM properties to your WAS 7 installation

Studio requires you to add additional JVM properties to the WAS 7 installation.

To use the WAS 7 Integrated Solutions Console to add these properties.

  1. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console.
  2. In the left menu, click Servers, then Server Types.
  3. Under Server Types, click WebSphere application servers.
  4. In the list of servers, click the server instance (for example, server1).

    The details page for the server is displayed.

  5. On the Configuration tab, in the menu at the right, under Server Infrastructure, expand the Java and Process Management option, then click Process definition.
  6. On the Configuration tab of the Process definition page, under Additional Properties, click Java Virtual Machine.
  7. On the Configuration tab of the Java Virtual Machine page:
    1. In the Initial heap size field, type 256.

      The value is in MB.

    2. In the Maximum heap size field, type 1024.
    3. In the Generic JVM arguments field, enter the following arguments, separated by spaces: 
      -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Duser.timezone=GMT
  8. Click OK.
  9. Save the changes to the master configuration.
  10. Restart WAS.