JDK-6746422 : jhat exception java.io.IOException: Bad record length
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-svc
  • Sub-Component: tools
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2008-09-09
  • Updated: 2012-02-02
  • Resolved: 2008-09-10
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6614052 - jhat fails to read heap dump >2GB
Description
jhat fails with exception reading heapdump file generated on T2000 zone:

java.io.IOException: Bad record length of -803068442 at byte 0x53d1d of file.
	at com.sun.tools.hat.internal.parser.HprofReader.read(HprofReader.java:206)
	at com.sun.tools.hat.internal.parser.Reader.readFile(Reader.java:92)
	at com.sun.tools.hat.Main.main(Main.java:159)