+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1060066 +++

Description of problem:
$Summary

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Version :	
4.10.0-SNAPSHOT
Build Number :	
dfc792f

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. download the agent from server 
2. java -jar rhq-agent.jar --install
3. cd rhq-agent/bin/
4. ./rhq-agent.sh -L

Actual results:
Unrecognized VM option 'StringTableSize=1000003'
Could not create the Java virtual machine.


Expected results:
No errors

Additional info:
Works correctly on:
[hudson@fbr-test-ag bin]$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_03-icedtea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.1.el6.7-i386)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 22.0-b10, mixed mode)


Fails on:
[hudson@fbr-test-ag bin]$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_24"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.1) (rhel-1.45.1.11.1.el6-i386)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)

--- Additional comment from Heiko W. Rupp on 2014-01-31 05:45:42 EST ---

Idea of a fix for the Unix world:

snert:/im/rhq/modules/enterprise/agent/target/rhq-agent/bin hrupp$ diff -u rhq-agent.sh,1 rhq-agent.sh
--- rhq-agent.sh,1	2014-01-31 11:40:06.000000000 +0100
+++ rhq-agent.sh	2014-01-31 11:41:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 if [ -z "$RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS" ]; then
-   RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms64m -Xmx128m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Drhq.preferences.file=${RHQ_AGENT_HOME}/conf/agent-prefs.properties -XX:StringTableSize=1000003"
+   RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms64m -Xmx128m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Drhq.preferences.file=${RHQ_AGENT_HOME}/conf/agent-prefs.properties"
+   JVM_VERSION=`java -version 2>&1 | sed -e '1,1s/^java version "//' -e '2,3d' -e 's/^1.//' -e 's/\..*$//'`
+   if [ $JVM_VERSION == 7 ]; then
+       RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS="$RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS -XX:StringTableSize=1000003"
+   fi
 fi
 debug_msg "RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS: $RHQ_AGENT_JAVA_OPTS"