Location of the java core file

You can generate Thread Dump (Snapshot of what different threads were doing at that point of time) explicitly by executing "kill -3 pid" command or if server crashed for some reason it will also generate the Java core

You can look for the location for javacore within the file native_stderr.log.

look at the following locations for java core file:

• The location specified by the IBM_JAVACOREDIR environment variable if it is set.


• <WSAS_install_root> (for WebSphere Application Server V5.1)
  or <WSAS_install_root>/profiles/<profile> (for WebSphere Application Server V6.0)


• The location that is specified by the TMPDIR environment variable, if set.


• The /tmp directory or on Microsoft Windows the location that is specified by the by the TEMP environment variable, if configured.