tomcat stopping error on server using putty

Question

i am getting error in stopping tomcat service in server using putty

error is

`[root@vps ~]# service tomcat7 stop
 Shutting down Tomcat7:
 Using CATALINA_BASE:   /usr/tomcat7
 Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/tomcat7
 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/tomcat7/temp
 Using JRE_HOME:        /usr
 Using CLASSPATH:       /usr/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar
/usr/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
 Error occurred during initialization of VM
 Could not reserve enough space for object heap
 Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
 Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

` please help ...

Answer 1

Try increasing the heap memory usage for java. You can do so by editing catalina.bat (for Windows) and catalina.sh (for Linux).

Try editing JAVA_OPTS.

For Linux export JAVA_OPTS="-server -Xmx512m"

For Windows set JAVA_OPTS=-server -Xmx512m

Answer 2

You need to look at your memory settings for tomcat, to help set heap size look at

Increase Tomcat memory settings

Take a look at the question about memory size

Could not reserve enough space for object heap