I have a web-based Java application running under Tomcat 5.0.16,
started with the following JVM options:

-Xms128m
-Xmx2304m
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=<port>
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Djava.awt.headless=true
-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=600000
-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=120000
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=PKCS12
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/opt/validation/xxxx.xxx
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=xxxxxx
-Xloggc:/home/gmh2441/gc.dat
-d64
-server

(my JVM version is 1.5.0_11 (64 bit))

In monitoring the application, both with jconsole (from JDK 1.5) and
looking at the garbage collection log, I have seen that after several
days of usage, there are no longer any minor GCs taking place; it
appears, from the jconsole graph, that objects go straight from Eden
space to tenured space, and the GC takes place there. I see this in
the GC log as after those several days, there are no minor GCs listed
in my log, only full GCs. As far as I know, there are no explicit
calls to System.gc() in the application. I know that using RMI causes
a full GC every minute by default, but I'm seeing too many full GCs
for this to be the case. What does this lack of minor GCs indicate?

Thanks!

Lynn.