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Error “COBCH1501S Insufficient memory”
Need to adjust Xms and Xmx settings in eclipse.ini
If you are doing large projects it is a good idea to increase the java HEAP size for your eclipse installation.
There is a file in the eclipse directory eclipse.ini that needs changing
To find this file Look at properties of visual COBOL start menu
Select properties
And highlight the start in directory
This should contain something like this.
C:\Users\Public\Micro Focus\vc21upd1pkg70439\eclipse
Open window explorer and navigate to that directory.
In this directory edit the file using a editor I use notepad
change –Xms and –Xmx settings
There are many thoughts on values to use here maybe 512 fo Xms minimum size of memory
And 1024m for Xmx maximum size of memory or 1g
To look like this
Now close down eclipse if open and start eclipse again so we can check the settings have been applied.
Go to help>about eclipse
Then installation Details
Select configuration
And check the Xms and Xmx settings
And hopefully the insufficient memory error will go away.
If the size is too big for your machine and its current workload you will get a error like this.
And some details also
You need to adjust the settings down in the eclipse.ini kill some process’s on your machine or get more memory.
Note the eclipse version is 32 bit so from internet 3g or lower might be the maximum.