Fix Central issue OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I was trying to order the latest CUME using fix central and I am getting 
weird stuff going on.  The first few steps of selecting the OS version, 
PTF types, logging on to my System i, etc, go well.  Then I get to the 
page that "processes" the order.  Then it hangs.  At first I thought it 
was something wacky with Firefox but I get the same result with IE.  I 
noticed the Java console running and here is what I see (at least the 
last few lines):
..............
DELTA[1]  SI25843 INCLUDE
DELTA[0]  SI25867 INCLUDE
DELTA[8]  SI25868 INCLUDE
DELTA[5]  SI25858 INCLUDE
DELTA[9]  SI25876 INCLUDE

.... A bunch of these

com.ibm.esup.fc.client.processor.exceptions.AddClosedException
   at com.ibm.esup.fc.client.processor.WaitQueue.remove(WaitQueue.java:110)
   at 
com.ibm.esup.fc.client.processor.delta.GroupFileDeltaProcessor$DeltaThread.run(GroupFileDeltaProcessor.java:96)
DELTA[9]  DEAD ADD CLOSED
DELTA[5]  TL57016 INCLUDE

then.....

Gen.OperationFailed: null
   at com.ibm.ecc.common.Service.returnECCException(Service.java:1448)
   at com.ibm.ecc.common.Service.sendWebServiceRequest(Service.java:1610)
   at 
com.ibm.ecc.updateservice.UpdateService.sendRequest(UpdateService.java:1525)
   at 
com.ibm.ecc.updateservice.UpdateService.submitUpdateOrder(UpdateService.java:1480)
   at 
com.ibm.ecc.updateservice.UpdateService.processSubmitUpdateOrder(UpdateService.java:1586)
   at 
com.ibm.ecc.updateservice.UpdateService.orderUpdates(UpdateService.java:237)
   at com.ibm.ecc.updateservice.UpdateService.run(UpdateService.java:1229)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
java.lang.RuntimeException: updatePackages is null.
   at com.ibm.esup.fc.client.ecc.PtfOrder.getEccPtfs(PtfOrder.java:57)
   at 
com.ibm.esup.fc.systemi.order.applet.AppletSystemIOrder.process(AppletSystemIOrder.java:1632)
   at 
com.ibm.esup.fc.client.gui.download.details.ecc.ContinueButtonThread.run(ContinueButtonThread.java:156)

Out of memory? I went to task manager and killed any java processes.  I 
reran Fix Central and it failed at exactly the same point. No Java 
processes were running.

Eventually the summary page displays:

Summary
Download incomplete
Your order is incomplete.
java.lang.RuntimeException: updatePackages is null.

Failed to run Fix Central on the selected iSeries.

Any ideas? Memory leak from Fix Central?  Workaround?  I am using JRE 
version 1.5.0_06.  Luis Rodriguez posted a similar issue back on Dec 
26th but nobody responded.  Luis, did you get it resolved?

Pete Helgren