Enabling GC Activity Logging Without Restarting the JVM
  Enabling Garbage Collection (GC) activity logging normally requires a restart of the JVM hosting the service.     Below steps explains how GC logging can be enabled without requiring a JVM restart for a chosen service.     Assuming  user1  is the  owner  of the running JVM process, and  10274  is the  PID  (Process ID) of the JVM you are targeting, you can get the GC logging info from it by using:     sudo -u user1 /usr/java/default/bin/jinfo -flag +PrintGC 10274   sudo -u user1 /usr/java/default/bin/jinfo -flag +PrintGCTimeStamps 10274   sudo -u user1 /usr/java/default/bin/jinfo -flag +PrintGCDetails 10274     Note: The output is stdout