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Posted to commits@geode.apache.org by db...@apache.org on 2020/07/22 19:37:16 UTC

[geode] 01/01: GEODE-8377: User Guide: GFSH GC command should be documented to use only in non-production environments

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dbarnes pushed a commit to branch feature/GEODE-8377
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode.git

commit 939ec631bfe59ec0c2483e8032f040acaac236bf
Author: Dave Barnes <db...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 22 12:31:20 2020 -0700

    GEODE-8377: User Guide: GFSH GC command should be documented to use only in non-production environments
---
 geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/gc.html.md.erb           | 4 ++++
 geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html.md.erb | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/gc.html.md.erb b/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/gc.html.md.erb
index cce12d7..0d07a98 100644
--- a/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/gc.html.md.erb
+++ b/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/gc.html.md.erb
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Force GC (Garbage Collection) on a member or members.
 
 The default is for garbage collection to occur on all caching members.
 
+The **gfsh gc** command should be used only in non-production environements, as it is very likely to
+cause cluster members to be kicked out due to being unresponsive, as this is a forced GC event and
+not always handled well by GC outside of normal GC processing.
+
 **Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.
 
 **Syntax:**
diff --git a/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html.md.erb b/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html.md.erb
index 7fd7bb5..d48a632 100644
--- a/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html.md.erb
+++ b/geode-docs/tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html.md.erb
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 | [describe member](command-pages/describe.html#topic_D62F3D42B1D84CF68F03D54D5122806A)                                                                                             | Display details of a member with given name/id.                                                                                                        | online          |
 | [export logs](command-pages/export.html#topic_B80978CC659244AE91E2B8CE56EBDFE3)                                                                                                                 | Export/dump logs to a given directory.                                                                                                                 | online          |
 | [export stack-traces](command-pages/export.html#topic_195D27B8B2B64A4E84CF2256636D54BD)                                                                                           | Export the stack trace for a member or members.                                                                                                        | online          |
-| [gc](command-pages/gc.html)                                                                                                                                                 | Force garbage collection on a member or members.                                                                                                       | online          |
+| [gc](command-pages/gc.html)                                                                                                                                                 | Force garbage collection on a member or members. (Development only, not advised for production systems.)                                                                                                      | online          |
 | [list clients](command-pages/list.html#topic_ts1_qb1_dk)                                                                                                                                    | Displays a list of connected clients.                                                                                                                  | online          |
 | [list members](command-pages/list.html#topic_5B5BFB2E5F314210858641BE3A689637)                                                                                                                | Display all or a subset of members.                                                                                                                    | online          |
 | [netstat](command-pages/netstat.html)                                                                                             | Report network information and statistics via the "netstat" operating system command.                                                                  | online          |