Support for JVMs

Dynatrace offers support for the major JVMs and JDKs.

Oracle HotSpot VM

JVM versions 6, 7, and 8 are receiving indefinite sustained support by Oracle. Dynatrace support for these versions is currently open-ended as well.

Versions 9 and 10 are non-LTS versions and will be end of life in 2018. Dynatrace will support them until end of 2019. Version 11 is an LTS and its support is currently open-ended.

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
20	2023-03-20	-	1.263	-	-	Supported
19	2022-09-20	-	1.251	-	-	Supported
17 LTS	2021-09-30	-	1.225	-	-	Supported
11 LTS	2018-09-30	2023-09-30	1.155	-	-	Supported
8 LTS	2014-03-31	2025-03-31	-	-	-	Supported
7	2011-07-31	2022-07-31	-	-	-	Supported
6	2006-09-30	2018-12-31	-	-	-	Supported

Learn about known problems and solutions to the Oracle Java HotSpot.

OpenJDK

The OpenJDK is open source but officially supported by RedHat. See the support lifecycle.

Dynatraces currently provides open-ended support for versions 6, 7, and 8.

Versions 9 and 10 are non-LTS versions. Dynatrace will support these until end of 2019. Version 11 is an LTS and its support is currently open-ended.

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
20	2023-03-20	-	1.263	-	-	Supported
19	2022-09-20	-	1.251	-	-	Supported
17 LTS	2021-09-30	-	1.225	-	-	Supported
11 LTS	2018-09-30	2024-10-30	1.155	-	-	Supported
8 LTS	2014-03-31	2023-06-30	-	-	-	Supported
7	2011-07-31	2020-06-30	-	-	-	Supported
6	2006-12-31	2016-12-31	-	-	-	Supported

Learn about known problems and solutions to OpenJDK JVM.

SAP JVM

The SAP JVM is a JVM built and maintained by SAP and is based on OpenJDK. See details and official versions

SAP JVM 6 was discontinued at the end of 2017 and is no longer available. Dynatrace currently provides open-ended support for versions 7 and 8.

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
20	2022-03-20	-	1.263	-	-	Supported
19	2022-09-20	-	1.251	-	-	Supported
17 LTS	-	-	1.225	-	-	Supported
11 LTS	-	-	1.199	-	-	Supported
8 LTS	-	-	-	-	-	Supported
7	-	-	-	-	-	Supported

IBM JVM

The IBM JVM has its own support timeline but actual support is based on support of other IBM products. For Dynatrace, the most important product here is WebSphere Application Server (see the support timeline).

WebSphere Application Server is on the Enhanced Lifecycle policy. This means that although WebSphere 8 is EOS as of April 2018, IBM will continue to support it until 2021.

Dynatrace will support WebSphere and the underlying JVM versions as long as they are supported by IBM. See our supported technologies matrix for details.

This means that, at the moment, IBM JVM 6,7, and 8 have open-ended support.

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
8 LTS	2015-02-28	2022-04-30	-	-	-	Supported
7	2011-09-30	2019-09-30	-	-	-	Supported
6	2007-11-30	2017-09-30	-	-	-	Supported

Note:

Memory dumps require IBM JVM 7 or higher.
Learn more about known problems and solutions to the IBM JVM.

OpenJ9

The Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM is a JVM that is embedded in the OpenJDK JDK. Each OpenJ9 release supports multiple JDK versions. See release and support policies and AdoptOpenJDK support.

OpenJ9 version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
0.11	2018-09-30	-	1.165	-	-	Supported¹
0.10	2018-09-30	-	1.165	-	-	Supported²
0.9	2018-08-31	-	1.145	-	-	Supported³
0.8	2018-03-31	-	1.145	-	-	Supported⁴
¹ JDK8, JDK11 ² JDK 11 ³ JDK8, JDK10 ⁴ JDK8

Amazon Corretto

The Amazon Corretto JVM is based on OpenJDK. Amazon has its own LTS support for this JVM. See the Amazon FAQ for details.

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
20	2023-03-20	-	1.263	-	-	Supported
19	2022-09-20	-	1.251	-	-	Supported
17 LTS	2021-09-14	-	1.225	-	-	Supported
11 LTS	2019-02-12	2024-08-31	1.165	-	-	Supported
8 LTS	2018-11-14	2023-06-30	1.165	-	-	Supported

Azul

Dynatrace also supports the two proprietary JVMs from Azul Zulu and Zing. Details can be found in our supported technologies matrix.

Azul has its own support timeline

Azul Zing

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
11 LTS	2018-09-30	2026-09-30	-	-	-	Limited¹
8 LTS	2015-03-31	2025-03-31	-	-	-	Limited¹
7	2011-07-31	2021-12-31	-	-	-	Limited¹
6	2006-12-31	2017-04-30	-	-	-	Limited¹
¹ Limited support: Dynatrace can only provide support for problems that can be reproduced on other JVMs.

Azul Zulu

Java version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	First supported OneAgent version	Last supported OneAgent version	Dynatrace support until	Dynatrace support level
20	2023-03-20	-	1.263	-	-	Supported
19	2022-09-20	-	1.251	-	-	Supported
17 LTS	2021-09-13	2030-09-30	1.225	-	-	Supported
11 LTS	2018-09-30	2027-09-30	1.173	-	-	Supported
8 LTS	2015-03-31	2026-03-31	-	-	-	Supported
7	2011-07-31	2023-07-31	-	-	-	Supported

Support and Desupport

JVMs have different support timelines, based on their vendors. Dynatrace is committed to supporting each JVM and version for at least as long as its vendor does and in most cases at least 1 year longer.

See our supported technologies matrix for more details about the supported JVMs.