How to view memory allocation stacktrace in Java VisualVM

Question

This article describes how to view memory allocation stacktrace in Java VisualVM: http://rejeev.blogspot.de/2009/04/analyzing-memory-leak-in-java.html

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Answer 1

Enable Memory profiling in Sampler tab, then press a Heap Dump button.

Answer 2

If you can't see this option, go to Profiler -> activate "Settings" check box and activate "Record allocation stack traces" while the profiler is not active.