I am Maven to build my Java project. After several successful build, I am now getting the following error:
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Could not create the Java virtual machine.
In my maven.sh file that my build is using, I have added the following as the first line
export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m
I am still getting the error.
Can anyone suggest a fix?
I had the same issue and I figured Maven was not using the right jvm. You can check this with
mvn -version
In my case, the jvm specified in my JAVA_HOME and PATH was incorrect: I was using an x86 jdk 6 instead of an x64 jdk 7. Fixing this solved the issue.
I think you want to reserve more space than you have, with your settings:
MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m
Try to set it lower, since Maven starts only if it can reserve the whole space. This problem occurred to me and I could solve it like described.