The JVM could not be started - Soap UI

I changed the value of xmx to 486 from 1024 in the bat file . But still getting the same error.

Hey Pas,

I had the same issue today morning while starting from the exe file (I installed from windows installer) and also have a JVM configured on the machine.

Within soapUI-3.6.1.vmoptions file in "bin" directory, I reduced the xmx from 1200m (default) to 486m and that makes it to work. Try this - it might help.

In case, you are using bat file to start, there is a separate xmx setting within bat and you will need to make this xmx change in bat file.

Hope it helps.

cheers

ceaserme wrote:
Within soapUI-3.6.1.vmoptions file in "bin" directory, I reduced the xmx from 1200m (default) to 486m and that makes it to work. Try this - it might help.

I had the same problem as the OP and your solution fixed it for me. Thanks for posting it.

I have the same problem, too, but I'm using PyCharm.
Will the same method work with pycharm?
I looked in the bin file but I don't know how to set the heap size to a smaller value.
What should I do now?

I just did this and it worked a treat! Thank you very much!!!

Note - This is still a problem with SoapUI 4.6.4 and Windows 7.

I had to modify SoapUI-4.6.4.vmoptions in C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\SoapUI-4.6.4\bin and change -Xmx1000m to -Xmx640m which is more difficult then it should be since Windows protects everything under C:\Program Files (x86) from user changes.

You have to first change the security settings on the file SoapUI-4.6.4.vmoptions and grant yourself write permission.

With recent versions of Windows, user changeable config files should be placed under C:\ProgramData\ not C:\Program Files (x86) .

Other that this, I've found SoapUI pretty useful so far (1 day of working with it).