You can manually dump the current contents of the global buffer to a recording file. This can be useful for analyzing recent problems when you happen to have a recording running.
To dump a running flight recording:
- Expand the necessary connection in the JVM Browser and then expand the Flight Recorder node.
- Right-click the recording you are interested in and select Dump.
- Select the path and file name for the recording by clicking the Browse button.
- Select the time period for which you want to dump event data. The following options are available:
Whole recording: Creates a dump fo all the recorded events in the buffer.
Last part of recording: Creates a dump of events that happened in the specified time before the end of the recording.
Interval of recording: Creates a dump of events that happened in the specified time interval.
- Select Use this time span when double-clicking to open a recording if you want the selected time period to be used for the Range Navigator when you view the recording file
- Click Finish to create the recording dump file.
(Optional) Enter the result of the procedure here.
